Survivors Of US Marines Who Died From Cancer May Be Eligible for Lump Sum Compensation

Many survivors have lived with the mystery of what caused their spouse or fathers cancer for decades

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - It is important to note that several different groups of people are eligible to file Camp Lejeune water contamination claims, not just US Marines. Since the Camp Lejeune Justice Act protects anyone who spent time at the marine base since 1953, many of those who may file a claim have long since passed away from cancer or another type of disease that the Veterans Administration (VA) presumes was caused by drinking tap water. The survivors of those who have died are eligible to file a claim, and if rejected by the government, to file a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit seeking to in force their rights. A person filing a claim on behalf of one who spent time at Camp Lejeune and has died must be a surviving spouse of a surviving child of the deceased.

One surviving child of a US Marine who died is Debbie Lapinsky. Ms. Lapinsky was interviewed by NationalWorld and told the newscast that her father was an otherwise healthy man who all of a sudden became sick with kidney cancer that metastasized to his spine, spleen, and other vital organs like his brain. Mr. Lapinsky died just a few months after his cancer diagnosis, leaving the family wondering how he could have developed the disease. "Among those stationed at the base was Peter Lipinski, who spent four years there in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His daughter Debbie, from Buffalo, New York, spoke of how he became ill and passed away at the age of 55 years old," Ms. Lapinsky told NW. The Marine Corps had withheld information that they may have had about their two main water treatment facilities testing positive for trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), vinyl chloride (VC) and benzene, all potentially carcinogenic chemicals if ingested repeated for more than a month. It is estimated that more than a million people drank enough of the contaminated Camp Lejeune water during the period ranging from 1953 to 1987 to develop cancer. Thousands of US Marines have died from cancer years after having returned to the base from overseas fighting leaving their survivors wondering what was the cause.

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act, signed into law by President Biden in August of 2022, tells survivors that the US Federal government is standing up and requiring the military to take responsibility for the water contamination-related cancers that a person's loved one may have died from. More than a dozen types of cancer qualify as presumed by the VA as being caused by Camp Lejeune drinking water. Other lawsuits may be filed immediately against companies like 3M and about a dozen others who manufactured firefighting foam that caused cancer. If you have a spouse or parent who served at Camp Lejeune until 1987 and died from cancer, you should speak with a Camp Lejeune water attorney to see if you qualify for lump-sum monetary compensation and also to calculate the proper amount to request in the claim.

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