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https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2024/05/22/camp-lejeune-water-congress
The legislation allows victims of toxic water at Camp Lejeune from decades ago to take legal action against the federal government. The government acknowledges the chemicals have caused illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease and cancer. The victims are spread out around the country.
But since the legislation was signed, a series of concerns have surfaced, including the small number of victims who have so far received financial settlements from the government.
The Navy said it has received 225,595 claims but only 63 offers have been extended and just 32 accepted.
“That is absolutely unacceptable,” said Rep. Deborah Ross, a North Carolina Democrat.
Ross and North Carolina Republican Rep. Greg Murphy introduced the Camp Lejeune Justice Corrections Act on Thursday to expedite the cases that are headed to court.
The bill would clarify that victims have the right to jury trials, and it also would extend the jurisdiction of Lejeune cases from the Eastern District of North Carolina to the larger Fourth Circuit.
“All of these cases are being jammed up in the Eastern District of North Carolina. It would be years and years and years before people would get the relief that they’re owed. And many of them might pass away in the meantime,” Ross said. “We want to make it so more courthouses can hear these claims, and so that we can get this process moving as quickly as possible for people who have been injured.”
The legislation allows victims of toxic water at Camp Lejeune from decades ago to take legal action against the federal government. The government acknowledges the chemicals have caused illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease and cancer. The victims are spread out around the country.
But since the legislation was signed, a series of concerns have surfaced, including the small number of victims who have so far received financial settlements from the government.
The Navy said it has received 225,595 claims but only 63 offers have been extended and just 32 accepted.
“That is absolutely unacceptable,” said Rep. Deborah Ross, a North Carolina Democrat.
Ross and North Carolina Republican Rep. Greg Murphy introduced the Camp Lejeune Justice Corrections Act on Thursday to expedite the cases that are headed to court.
The bill would clarify that victims have the right to jury trials, and it also would extend the jurisdiction of Lejeune cases from the Eastern District of North Carolina to the larger Fourth Circuit.
“All of these cases are being jammed up in the Eastern District of North Carolina. It would be years and years and years before people would get the relief that they’re owed. And many of them might pass away in the meantime,” Ross said. “We want to make it so more courthouses can hear these claims, and so that we can get this process moving as quickly as possible for people who have been injured.”
