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On August 11, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. It allows military veterans to file civil lawsuits against the U.S. Government for harm caused by at least 30 days of exposure to water (including in utero exposure) at…
A Pennsylvania man who suffers from Parkinson’s disease recently filed a paraquat lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. He claims that after being exposed to the herbicide, he was diagnosed with the neurological disease. On June 7, 2021, the…
The U.S. Navy is facing scrutiny now that new details have emerged about a fuel spill that poisoned the water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam last year. A military investigation released in July found that officials told families the water was safe to drink even…
Servicemembers and civilians who became sick because of Camp Lejeune’s toxic water supply can now “present” a claim and later sue the federal government thanks to a bipartisan bill that passed on August 10, 2022. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is part of the PACT…
For over 30 years, one million servicemembers and civilians at a North Carolina military base unknowingly drank from and worked with a contaminated water supply. Many later developed severe health problems after the exposure. Thanks to a new law, they can now sue the federal…
On August 10, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, better known as the PACT Act. By deeming toxic exposure in the military, “a cost of war,’’ the far-reaching legislation found…
On June 7, 2021, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established the paraquat MDL in the Southern District of Illinois. Now, according to a recent case management order, the dates for the first bellwether trials have been pushed back. Originally, they were expected…
Have you or any loved one/family member served, lived or worked at the US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, including Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in North Carolina from August 1, 1953 through December 31, 1987? If so, and if there has been…
On June 16, 2022, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act H.R. 3967. It was expected to be signed into law soon after, but procedural delays have pushed the date back. It is still expected to be finalized soon. The act…
According to a new order signed by paraquat MDL Judge Rosenstengel, the date of the first paraquat trial has been delayed. Previously, the first trial was expected to begin on November 15, 2022. But because of a growing number of new cases joining the litigation…