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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. September 27, 2023

    Trials In Camp Lejeune Litigation Set To Begin In 2024

    Trials in litigation over contaminated drinking water on the Camp Lejeune Marine base are expected to begin next year in North Carolina federal court, involving plaintiffs who say the water caused their bladder cancer, kidney cancer and lymphoma, according to the latest case management order.

  7. September 15, 2023

    Leadership Redo Bid Rejected In Camp Lejeune Row

    The North Carolina federal judges overseeing litigation over contaminated drinking water on the Camp Lejeune Marine base rejected an attorney's bid to unseat the plaintiffs' leadership, saying on Friday his argument that they have no authority to name lead counsel is wrong.

  8. September 14, 2023

    Camp Lejeune Attys Accused Of 'Nepotism' In Leadership Row

    Two attorneys who have voiced opposition to the plaintiffs' leadership tapped in litigation in North Carolina federal court over contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base leveled accusations this week of "nepotism" and a lack of transparency in the appointments.

  9. August 29, 2023

    Camp Lejeune Attys Push Back On Leadership Redo Bid

    Plaintiffs' attorneys tapped to lead litigation over water contamination at Camp Lejeune have told a North Carolina federal court that a recent bid opposing their appointment relies on the erroneous argument that the court lacked the authority to select them.

  10. August 21, 2023

    Quinn Emanuel, Motley Rice Firms Tapped In Lejeune Suits

    Plaintiffs' leadership in the litigation over Camp Lejeune water contamination told a North Carolina federal court that they have selected the plaintiffs' steering and executive committees, including a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney whose wife is co-lead counsel.