Dueling Proposals Pitched for Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Trials

The first substantive clash between lawyers for the Justice Department and potential victims of toxic waters at Camp Lejeune emerged late Monday when both sides filed dueling proposals on how the courts should manage what could be thousands of lawsuits over payouts by the government.

Attorneys for potential victims argued that the cases should be consolidated to include multiple plaintiffs in a single trial, and with a starting date in the first quarter of 2024.

Marines sickened by their tours at Camp Lejeune “have waited nearly 40 years to have the right to present their case in Court,” they wrote ...