The Six Month Period For Settling The First Camp Lejeune Water Cancer Claims Has Expired

Thousand of lawsuits will be filed in North Carolina federal court starting immediately

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - The first Camp Lejeune water lawsuits are being filed in North Carolina federal court under a key provision of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA). The Camp Lejeune Justice Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden in August 2022. Individuals that were injured by drinking contaminated water have two years from then to file a claim. An important provision of the CLJA states that individuals must wait at least six months after they file a claim for lump-sum compensation with the JAG before taking legal action. Reuters is reporting that more than 100 court cases have been filed, and that number could increase exponentially in the months ahead since the Navy has failed to take action. Court papers may indicate a variety of illnesses and situations of medical distress that Marines and their families have suffered. It is presumed that thousands of Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims may have overwhelmed the capabilities of the Navy's administrative staff and will have to be settled one by one, individually in a court of law. Individuals may file a lawsuit after six months regardless of the Navy's response or lack thereof. Plaintiffs may seek reimbursement for lost wages, medical expenses, and other expenses, but not seek punitive damages against the military. Marines, civilian workers, and others have the Camp Lejeune Justice Act to thank for expanding the conditions including cancer are presumed to be related to drinking contaminated water. Thousands of Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims were rejected in error by failing to consider more complex illnesses that the water contamination may have caused. Some of those complications include those suffered by women who drank Camp Lejeune water during their pregnancy and had a miscarriage, a stillborn child, or a child who suffered a birth defect as a result. Many Camp Lejeune children have died prematurely from childhood leukemia.

While most illnesses listed below stand a chance of receiving a settlement offer, the best cases of Camp Lejeune water cancer could be when the plaintiff lived, worked, or was stationed at Camp Lejeune for at least 30-days from 1953 to 1987 and developed what the Navy calls a health condition prethat is presumed to have been caused by drinking, bathing in, cooking with or otherwise ingesting contaminated Camp Lejeune water. Those presumed conditions include, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a list of "presumed conditions" that are service-connected. Those conditions are esophageal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, renal toxicity, hepatic steatosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Parkinson's disease." If you have suffered from any of the illnesses presumed to have been caused by drinking contaminated Camp Lejeune water, and have spent the minimum amount of time on the base, you should speak with a Camp Lejeune Justice Act lawyer and file a claim. Other conditions may also qualify one to file a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit. Court documents indicate that plaintiffs have alleged to have had children which suffered from birth defects and developmental disorders AGs, autoimmune disorders, such as lupus and scleroderma, renal toxicity and kidney failure, and other non-cancerous conditions like liver damage, rashes, and respiratory distress.

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