January 03, 2024
Plaintiffs in consolidated litigation over water contamination at Camp Lejeune have appealed a magistrate judge's order blocking access to a draft report by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that they say would give "explosive" evidence tying their exposure to various cancers.
December 21, 2023
More than a thousand people suing the government regarding water contamination at the Camp Lejeune marine base must turn over their birth dates and Social Security numbers to aid the federal government's discovery in the matter, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Thursday.
December 21, 2023
From a Supreme Court decision reshaping water rights in the United States to ongoing fights over so-called forever chemical contamination, lawsuits concerning the environment rumbled through the courts in 2023. Here, we look at the lawsuits that shaped the year.
December 19, 2023
Plaintiffs in consolidated litigation over water contamination at Camp Lejeune cannot access a draft report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subagency that they say could link their exposure to various cancers, a North Carolina federal magistrate ruled Tuesday, saying the report could mislead the public before it's fully peer-reviewed.
December 06, 2023
Plaintiffs alleging that they were harmed by contamination at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina are urging a federal judge not to strike their demand for a jury trial, saying the government is misreading the law and Supreme Court precedent in its argument that the law allowing for the suit only allows bench trials.
November 21, 2023
The U.S. government asked a North Carolina federal court to prevent complaints over water contamination at Camp Lejeune from going to jury trial, arguing that the law allowing such lawsuits doesn't permit juries to hear cases against the federal government.
November 13, 2023
The U.S. government has made its first payouts to people who were poisoned by contaminated water at Camp LeJeune Marine training base, more than a year after federal legislation provided a pathway for veterans and residents of the base to sue and be compensated.
September 27, 2023
Trials in litigation over contaminated drinking water on the Camp Lejeune Marine base are expected to begin next year in North Carolina federal court, involving plaintiffs who say the water caused their bladder cancer, kidney cancer and lymphoma, according to the latest case management order.
September 15, 2023
The North Carolina federal judges overseeing litigation over contaminated drinking water on the Camp Lejeune Marine base rejected an attorney's bid to unseat the plaintiffs' leadership, saying on Friday his argument that they have no authority to name lead counsel is wrong.
September 14, 2023
Two attorneys who have voiced opposition to the plaintiffs' leadership tapped in litigation in North Carolina federal court over contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base leveled accusations this week of "nepotism" and a lack of transparency in the appointments.