This page provides Camp Lejeune lawsuit updates. Our lawyers are still working to give the latest update on the litigation, even though we are no longer taking new cases.
We also recently reopened the comments below to answer any questions you may have or just give you a chance to say what is on your mind.
Kidney cancer and kidney disease may have the strongest link to the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune than any other disease or injury. Camp Lejeune kidney cancer lawsuits will be very strong claims in a courtroom.
But few of these Camp Lejeune kidney cancer lawsuits will ever go to trial. Our attorneys expect the government will offer reasonable settlement amounts to settle these claims out of court. Some may settle during the six-month administrative window required before filing a Camp Lejeune cancer lawsuit.
Why do we think settlement amounts will be offered in kidney cancer Camp Lejeune lawsuits? The link between TCE, a ubiquitous toxin in the water at Lejeune, and kidney cancer is clear. TCE has been firmly established in the medical and epidemiological literature as an agent capable of causing kidney cancer
Marines, civilian residents, and employees at Camp Lejeune may have developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma from exposure to toxic chemicals in the drinking water for over three decades. Thanks to a new federal law, victims can now file Camp Lejeune non-Hodgkin lymphoma lawsuits against the government and get financial compensation for their injuries.
This page will examine Camp Lejeune NHL cases and their expected settlement value.
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Our attorneys are handling Camp Lejeune leukemia lawsuits in all 50 states. Our lawyers believe that the connection between leukemia and the toxic water at Lejeune is extremely strong and, as we discuss below, why recent developments lead us to believe that the leukemia claims may be among the first in line for a Camp Lejeune settlement.
Our lawyers also speculate on the potential settlement amounts Camp Lejeune leukemia victims and wrongful death family members might recover in these lawsuits.
When will my Camp Lejeune lawsuit settle? So far, we have 42 Camp Lejeune settlements out of over 230,000 claims.
There is no Camp Lejeune class action lawsuit. But these claims have many of the same features of a class action lawsuit, and lawyers work together as they do in an MDL class action. Famously, class action lawsuits can take up to a decade before settlement payouts are offered.
That will not happen here. Our lawyers explain below why we do not think it will be long before better Camp Lejeune settlement payouts are offered. But we need a better plan than the Elective Option because those offers will not get us far.
Our lawyers represent victims seeking to file a Camp Lejeune Parkinson’s disease lawsuit in all 50 states.
This post examines the evidence linking Parkinson’s disease to the Camp Lejeune water supply. We discuss the potential settlement amounts for a Camp Lejeune Parkinson’s disease lawsuit. Our lawyers believe the average per-person settlement payouts for Parkinson’s disease from Lejeune cases could exceed $1 million. We explain our thinking – with the appropriate caveats – below.
The new Lejeune settlement offer has Parkinson’s disease listed as a Tier 2 injury. So it is Track 1 for litigation (see below) but Tier 2 for settlement. This is completely ridiculous, but our lawyers do not think many Parkinson’s victims will be jumping on this offer even if it was listed as a Tier 1 injury (it is a $50,000 difference)
Talking about Camp Lejeune attorneys’ fees makes us uncomfortable. But this litigation is too important not to address all of the issues that matter to Camp Lejeune victims and their families, including how much lawyers like us charge attorneys’ fees.
The Camp Lejeune attorney fees issue has still not been resolved. The government and plaintiffs’ counsel continue to clash regarding the provision in EO settlements that restricts attorney fees to the limits set by 28 U.S.C. § 2675.
Last year Congress passed a new law to allow victims of the water contamination at Camp Lejeune the right to get compensation. Since then, over 15,000 former Camp Lejeune residents and employees have filed claims, and the number continues to grow. It has been almost six months since the law was passed, and the first claimants will be eligible to file lawsuits.
In this post, we will discuss the following:
The big news is that there is a Camp Lejeune settlement offer for some victims. The Department of Justice and the Navy have introduced a streamlined process known as the “Elective Option” to expedite compensation for individuals affected by the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, which occurred between the 1950s and 1980s and resulted in various health issues. The word expedite is no mistake. They want you to know they will try to get you your settlement amounts faster under this option.
Is this Camp Lejeune settlement offer exciting? No. It is less than Camp Lejeune lawyers expected from the DOJ in their first shot across the bow. But it will appeal to victims in a small minority of cases… and it is a start. (Could they have made this same settlement offer a year ago? Yes. But that is a story for another day.)
On this page, we will go over the basics of the Camp Lejeune settlement program and explain exactly who qualifies for it and how much compensation they would get.
Our attorneys handle Camp Lejeune liver cancer and fatty liver disease lawsuits in all 50 states.
You can argue that liver cancer is the most potent disease linked to the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. Why? Unlike most diseases from Camp Lejeune’s toxic water, liver cancer is linked to all three significant contaminants at Camp Lejeune: TCE, PCE, and benzene.
So we expect the government to be willing to offer reasonable settlement amounts in Camp Lejeune liver cancer lawsuits because of the evidence that liver cancer is linked to Lejeune.
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