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A North Carolina retired U.S. Marine recently filed a Camp Lejeune lawsuit on behalf of his daughter, who died from leukemia in 1985. He claims that the contaminated water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune caused his daughter’s cancer and seeks recovery under the Camp…
On February 14, 2023, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro wrote a letter to Norfolk Southern Corporation—the company responsible for the train derailment that took place in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023. The governor expressed his “serious concerns” regarding the company’s management of the incident,…
On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern Railway train carrying goods from Illinois to Pennsylvania derailed in East Palestine, about 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The accident caused a massive fire over the length of about 50 cars. No deaths or injuries were reported, but…
On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 into law. The Act allows military veterans, their families, and citizens who lived on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from August 1, 1953, to December 31, 1987,…
The Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association (LSRA) recently filed a lawsuit against Republic Services of Pennsylvania LLC for violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The plaintiff alleges that Republic has discharged and continues to discharge pollutants— including toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—into nearby…
According to a new study published in December 2022, the incidence of Parkinson’s disease (PD), or the number of new cases diagnosed per year, is 50 percent higher than previously indicated. Why the increase? The study authors suggest some possible explanations, including the aging population,…
On August 11, 2022, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 was signed into law. This act allows military veterans, their families, and citizens to file civil lawsuits against the U.S. Government for harm caused by at least 30 days of exposure to water (including…
Victims of water contamination at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune scored a major victory in August when President Joe Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA) into law. Servicemembers, their families and civilians who lived, worked, or served at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for…
A Louisiana man and his wife recently filed a new paraquat lawsuit in the Southern District of Illinois. The plaintiff claims that after he was exposed to the herbicide, he suffered serious injuries. On June 7, 2021, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML)…
Back in September of this year (2022), the World Health Organization (WHO) released a background document for developing updated guidelines for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The guidelines focus on limits for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)—toxic substances that may…
