Survivors Of Marines Who Died From Drinking Camp Lejeune Water Are Filing Lawsuits Under The New Law
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows the survivors of Marines who have died from cancer the right to file a lawsuit
Monday, August 22, 2022 - People whose lives have been ruined by the carelessness, recklessness, and negligence of the US Marine Corps and Navy are waking up to the facts of what caused their loved one's death. Fathers of children who were born at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 and died from leukemia or other childhood cancers have been waiting more than three decades for answers and now have them. Surviving spouses of US Marines who have died from cancer and the siblings of Marines who have died are now filing Camp Lejeune lawsuits seeking lump-sum monetary compensation for their loved one's pain and suffering and the ordeal that their untimely death caused. Given what is now being made public, survivors believe that if the Marines and Navy had been forthcoming and warned them immediately about the cancer-causing toxins that had leeched into their tap water, they could have avoided it and thousands of Marine cancer deaths could have been avoided. FirstCoastNews (FCN) in Jacksonville, Florida recently told the story of a local woman who thinks that her marine husband's death from cancer could have easily been avoided if he knew enough to not drink the Camp Lejeune tap water. The widow is looking forward to hiring a Camp Lejeune water attorney, as are tens of thousands of other Marine cancer survivors, now that the Camp Lejeune Justice Act has been signed into law. Marine Corp cancer death widow Michelle James spoke to FCN about her and her late husband's all-too-common situation. "If this (the Camp Lejeune Justice Act) was around the time when Eric was diagnosed, you know, maybe he would still be here now because they would have been able to give him the care that he needed. My husband wasn't entitled to benefits, he didn't get any help from the VA at all." Ms. James' husband, a Marine veteran, died at age 53 from colon cancer according to FCN.
Under the provisions of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, surviving widows and siblings of US Marines that have died from cancer can file a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit seeking lump-sum compensation. The person must be able to show they lived or worked at camp Lejeune for at least 30-days from 1953 to 1987. The decease Marine veteran must also have been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Types of cancer that qualify as being caused by drinking Camp Lejeune tap water include but are not limited to esophageal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer, and leukemia. Camp Lejeune water attorneys may take a case based on a contingency fee meaning that you will pay nothing unless a favorable outcome is achieved. That outcome could be a jury award or a lump-sum settlement from the government as it is hoped. Most Camp Lejeune water lawsuits may seek monetary compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Punitive damages are not allowed under the CLJA to show the government was negligent and failed to adequately warn marines that they had been or would be exposed to carcinogens in the water.
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