The tragic mishap of Camp Lejeune’s toxic water contamination dates back several decades, but it seems the associated litigation is only just beginning to gain momentum. Claimants are now starting to file administrative claims with JAG’s Tort Claims Units, and the time limit set for this process is August 2024. Simultaneously, some claimants are in the obligatory 6-month holding period after filing an administrative claim before they can file a civil lawsuit.
Civil lawsuits pertaining to the contamination issue have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. These lawsuits represent the claims of those Camp Lejeune victims who have already navigated past the administrative claim stage. Though the particulars of the civil lawsuits vary, they all share a common cause: the startling toxicity levels discovered in the water at Camp Lejeune.
Morris James LLP, experts in this field, have been closely following these developments and reporting on them.