Timing Is Critical For Filing A Camp Lejeune Justice Act Cancer Lawsuit

Hundreds of thousands of lawsuits may accuse the Marine Corp of negligence in causing the deaths of thousands of US Marines and their family members

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows marines, civilian employees, and their family members the ability to file lawsuits against the federal government. The bill that was signed into law in early August of this year overrides a legal term called the "Statute of Repose." The Statute of Repose is similar to the statute of limitation with one important difference. Under repose, a person is banned from filing a lawsuit for a certain time beginning when the negligent party begins the alleged misconduct. The statute of limitation bars one from filing a lawsuit for a certain number of years after a person's injury. According to Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.), one of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act's primary sponsors, "It is an anomaly that is blocking every single one of these claims for the exposure to Camp Lejeune toxic water for those 34 years. What the Camp Lejeune Justice Act intends to do is waive "the defense of the North Carolina statute of repose for the Camp Lejeune claims," Cartwright explained." The signing into law of the CLJA eliminated that roadblock for those suffering from cancer or the survivors of those who have died from drinking contaminated Camp Lejeune water that the Camp Lejeune Justice Act intends to do is waive "the defense of the North Carolina statute of repose for the Camp Lejeune claims," Cartwright explained. It was discovered that the two main water treatment plants servicing camp Lejeune were polluted beginning in 1953. It was not until decades later that the Marine Corp and US Navy owned up to the problem on the base and after millions of people drank, cooked with, and bathed in their home and businesses' water. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows people with Camp Lejeune water cancer or other life-threatening illnesses and the survivors a short two-year window from this August to file a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit.

The CLJA covers Marines and others who were on the base during any 30-day period from 1953 to 1987 when the last local contaminated well was shut down. For more than 30 years, US Marines and their families drank the local water which was proven to be contaminated with the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, vinyl chloride, and benzene. The source of the contamination for one of the plants was traced to the Navy improperly disposing of hazardous waste in unlined landfills on the property. The other source of contamination was traced to ABC Dry Cleaners dumping their toxic dry cleaning waste chemicals into the local drainage system. Even though the military knew about the problem in the early 1950's they failed to warn the millions of marines and their families for more than 30 years. Thousands of cases of cancer may now be attributed to the military's negligence, carelessness, and recklessness. Camp Lejeune Justice Act lawsuits are the best way to hold the government financially accountable for the devastation caused to servicemembers and their families.

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