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Camp Lejeune Water Litigation v. United States of America

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Case Number:

7:23-cv-00897

Court:

North Carolina Eastern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Judge:

Robert B. Jones, Jr

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  1. January 23, 2024

    Camp Lejeune Plaintiffs Want Trials Grouped By Diseases

    The plaintiffs in the Camp Lejeune toxic water lawsuit are asking a North Carolina federal court to consolidate upcoming trials based on the diseases the plaintiffs say they contracted as a result of the water contamination, saying this will reduce the time and resources necessary to hear their claims against the U.S. government.

  2. January 16, 2024

    Camp Lejeune Litigants Want Lower Causation Hurdle

    Litigants in the Camp Lejeune toxic water lawsuit urged a federal court Monday to simplify the evidence needed to link a disease's cause to exposure while at the Marine training base, saying that doing so adheres to the principle of the law empowering the lawsuits.

  3. January 08, 2024

    DOJ Warns About Fraudsters Targeting Camp Lejeune Victims

    The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of the Navy on Monday warned plaintiffs in consolidated litigation over water contamination at Camp Lejeune to be wary of phone or email solicitations, saying that "unscrupulous" people are trying to access their personal information.

  4. January 03, 2024

    Lejeune Litigants Fight Judge's Block Of Draft Cancer Study

    Plaintiffs in consolidated litigation over water contamination at Camp Lejeune have appealed a magistrate judge's order blocking access to a draft report by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that they say would give "explosive" evidence tying their exposure to various cancers.

  5. December 21, 2023

    Camp Lejeune Victims Must Reveal Personal Info, Judge Says

    More than a thousand people suing the government regarding water contamination at the Camp Lejeune marine base must turn over their birth dates and Social Security numbers to aid the federal government's discovery in the matter, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Thursday.

  6. December 21, 2023

    The Biggest Environmental Law Cases Of 2023

    From a Supreme Court decision reshaping water rights in the United States to ongoing fights over so-called forever chemical contamination, lawsuits concerning the environment rumbled through the courts in 2023. Here, we look at the lawsuits that shaped the year.

  7. December 19, 2023

    Lejeune Litigants Can't Get Draft Cancer Study, Judge Decides

    Plaintiffs in consolidated litigation over water contamination at Camp Lejeune cannot access a draft report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subagency that they say could link their exposure to various cancers, a North Carolina federal magistrate ruled Tuesday, saying the report could mislead the public before it's fully peer-reviewed.

  8. December 06, 2023

    Camp Lejeune Plaintiffs Say Law Allows For Jury Trials

    Plaintiffs alleging that they were harmed by contamination at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina are urging a federal judge not to strike their demand for a jury trial, saying the government is misreading the law and Supreme Court precedent in its argument that the law allowing for the suit only allows bench trials.

  9. November 21, 2023

    Feds Say Camp Lejeune Cases Can't Go Before Juries

    The U.S. government asked a North Carolina federal court to prevent complaints over water contamination at Camp Lejeune from going to jury trial, arguing that the law allowing such lawsuits doesn't permit juries to hear cases against the federal government.

  10. November 13, 2023

    Feds Settle 3 Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Cases

    The U.S. government has made its first payouts to people who were poisoned by contaminated water at Camp LeJeune Marine training base, more than a year after federal legislation provided a pathway for veterans and residents of the base to sue and be compensated.