Camp Lejeune veterans and others have begun to file the first of what are expected to be thousands of lawsuits alleging they were sickened by tainted water at the Marine Corps base.
The suits were filed under the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, also known as the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which was enacted last year. The new law lets individuals seek damages if they were exposed for at least 30 days to the toxic water at the Jacksonville, N.C., base between August 1953 and December 1987.
For decades, the water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated with chemicals known ...