For more than three decades, people who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune were exposed to contaminated drinking water. A 2022 federal law finally opened a path for victims to pursue compensation.
Between August 1953 and December 1987, the drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was contaminated with industrial solvents, including trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloroethylene (PCE), benzene, and vinyl chloride — chemicals associated with cancers, neurological disorders, and other serious illnesses.
For years, legal doctrines prevented victims from suing. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, signed into law as part of the PACT Act, created a federal cause of action allowing exposed individuals — including veterans, family members, and civilian workers — to file claims after completing a required administrative process with the Navy.
The litigation is one of the largest in U.S. history, with well over a hundred thousand administrative claims filed. Claims are being processed in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Claims are actively being filed and litigated in the Eastern District of North Carolina under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. Settlement frameworks and elective resolution options exist for certain diagnoses, though most claims are still being processed.
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