Camp Lejeune Water Claims Flooding In as Victims Seek Closure

At the hospital on Marine base Camp Lejeune in 1984, a woman gave birth to a daughter with severe abnormalities. The baby lived a short, delicate life for seven weeks before she stopped breathing and passed away in the emergency room. Her parents were devastated. They had both lived on Camp Lejeune for several years prior to the pregnancy, drinking and bathing in water that was unknowingly contaminated with toxins.

For nearly 35 years, approximately one million military service members, civilian workers, and their families lived on Camp Lejeune. During that time, these individuals drank, cooked with, and bathed in water that was polluted with oil, petrol, industrial wastewater, and other chemicals that were dumped into storm drains and leaked into surrounding waterways. People who were exposed to this toxic water have developed certain cancers, illnesses, and other severe, sometimes fatal, conditions—including birth defects, miscarriages, and female infertility.

The woman who lost her baby in 1984 is one of many thousands of individuals that have chosen to file claims against the government for their injuries after being exposed to the contaminated water.

Plaintiffs are filing their claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. The Act, signed into law in August 2022, provides a two-year window for anyone to file a civil claim who:

• lived or worked at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987 for at least 30 days
• was exposed to contaminated water
• and harmed by such exposure.

The Act covers veterans, civilians and families—even those who, at the time, were exposed to the toxic water in the womb.

Problems with the water were long known by the U.S. government, plaintiffs allege, reaching back to 1980, when water testing reports repeatedly showed that the water was “highly contaminated.” 

Camp Lejeune Lawsuit Eligibility

If you lived or worked at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between 1953 and 1987 and believe your cancer or other serious injury was caused by water contamination, call us today. Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. attorneys can evaluate your potential claim with you during a completely free consultation.