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The United States Senate has voted to pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act as part of The Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act on August 2, 2022. This new legislation allows for those who suffered injuries, developed severe medical conditions, or passed away as a result of exposure to the contaminated water supply at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base to file a lawsuit against the government.
On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the bill into law.
This act creates a two-year window from the date of signing for those injured by contaminated Camp Lejeune water to seek compensation through a lawsuit filed only with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
This new opportunity for legal action will provide veterans and civilians that were injured by contaminated Camp Lejeune water the ability to recover damages. This includes medical expenses, disability benefits, lost wages, and pain and suffering. This act also allows for claimants to recover damages previously not available for compensation, such as mental health services and counseling expenses.
Furthermore, filing a lawsuit over Camp Lejeune water contamination-related injuries does not disqualify eligibility for Camp Lejeune VA benefits.
More than one million Marines, military service members, contractors, civilians, and their families lived on the Camp Lejeune military base during the period when the water was highly contaminated. During this time, service members and civilians were exposed to toxic drinking water tainted by a host of dangerous chemicals, including:
This contamination came not from one but many sources. Leaking fuel tanks seeped carcinogenic toxins into the groundwater, improperly disposed of industrial waste found its way into well water, and a nearby dry cleaner even contributed to the contamination by leaking dangerous PCE or PERC chemicals.
Military leadership was repeatedly made aware of the problem but they neglected to take action. They knew that everyone on the base was in needless danger and chose to hide it.
As a result, countless people on the base between the years 1953 and 1987 have since developed a myriad of severe health conditions due to their exposure to these chemicals in the base’s water.
Close to 1,000,000 members of the armed forces and their families may have been exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune. The following housing areas at Camp Lejune include:
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Here at the DTLA Law Group, we know that the harm resulting from the exposure to the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune was not an accident. In fact, this horrible situation was caused by the negligence of the government – as military leadership was aware of the water contamination at the base camp but failed to take any action to remedy the situation. The military had a duty to keep all those people stationed at, living at, and working at the base safe. They made a choice to keep the water contamination under wraps and not do anything to prevent millions of Marines, civilians, contractors, etc. from being exposed to the contaminated water.
Negligence is the foundation of personal injury law, and the lawyers here at our law firm are knowledgeable on these laws and regulations. Our goal is to always get our clients and getting them the payout that they are owed. We know that you might have been waiting decades for your right to sue; now that you and your family were finally granted this right, we are ready to represent you. Our lawyers have decades of combined experience in negotiating settlements and in fighting in court to get verdicts. In addition to being a consistent presence in the lists of top law firms in the Los Angeles area, we also offer national representation. This means that we can help you with your Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuit. We are not afraid to take on your Camp Lejeune lawsuit against the U.S. government to get you the payout that you are owed.
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