What Are the Claims in Camp Lejeune Lawsuits?
Plaintiffs bringing lawsuits claim that they developed serious cancers and health conditions because of their exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
These claims are based on Marine Corps findings from 1982 that drinking water supplied by on-base treatment plants contained volatile compounds (VOCs) that included:
- Benzene
- Vinyl chloride
- PCE (perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene)
- TCE (trichloroethylene)
- Trans-1,2-DCE (t-1,2-dichloroethylene)
According to the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), there were multiple sources of contamination, including industrial spills, waste disposal sites, leaking underground storage tanks, and an off-base dry cleaning business that improperly disposed of waste.
The Federal Government has finally admitted that the water supply at Camp Lejeune was toxic causing thousands of military members and their families to contract serious medical conditions. A compensation Fund has been established to compensate eligible victims.
Individuals, including veterans, who resided, or who were otherwise exposed for at least 30 days during the time period of August 1, 1953, and ending December 31, 1987, to water at Camp Lejeune may now bring an action to obtain a recovery for personal injury caused by exposure to the water.
The individuals who can bring such a claim include:
- Veterans
- People who resided at Camp Lejeune such as spouses and other family members of veterans
- People who worked at Camp Lejeune
- Other people who may have been exposed to water at Camp Lejeune, including in utero exposure
- Legal representatives of deceased veterans, or of other people who resided or worked at Camp Lejeune, or who may have been exposed to water at Camp Lejeune, including in utero exposure
Conditions associated with exposure to the water at Camp LeJeune include:
- Aplastic Anemia
- Birth defects/malformation
- Bladder cancer
- Breast cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Female infertility
- Fetal Death
- Hepatic Steatosis
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Lung Cancer
- Miscarriage
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Neurobehavioral effects due to documented chemical toxicity
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Parkinson's disease
- Renal toxicity
- Scleroderma
If you think you or a family member have been affected by the water at Camp Lejeune, call us anytime. Your neighbor Your lawyer.
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