Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Victims Lose Bid for Jury Trials (1)

Feb. 6, 2024, 11:12 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 7, 2024, 4:33 PM UTC

US veterans and others seeking compensation from the government for harmful exposure to toxic water at Camp Lejeune won’t have their cases heard by a jury, a panel of federal judges said.

The judges, in a 34-page ruling filed Tuesday, rejected arguments from the plaintiffs’ lawyers that jury trials were necessary to allow sick and dying veterans a chance to plead their case before a panel of their peers.

“Congress did not clearly and unequivocally depart from its usual practice of not permitting a jury trial against the United States” when it passed the 2022 legislation to compensate victims of ...

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