( May 18, 2026, 9:10 AM EDT) -- HONOLULU — A federal judge in Hawaii has dismissed and closed one of three consolidated cases stemming from groundwater contamination following a jet fuel spill XE "jet fuel spill" at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, ruling that the claims are barred under the Feres doctrine, which holds that the federal government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for injuries to service members “resulting from, or ‘incident to,’ active-duty military service.” The plaintiffs in the case at hand were active-duty service members at the time of the fuel spill in 2021....