Source: Fox News
Summary
The Justice Department is accelerating settlement offers for people exposed to contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act, part of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, allows service members and others who lived or worked at the base between 1953 and 1987 to seek compensation for cancer and other illnesses tied to the water supply. The Elective Option settlement program, launched in 2023, offers faster payouts to people with qualifying illnesses, with payments ranging from $100,000 to $550,000.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
The Justice Department has approved 2,531 settlement offers through the Elective Option program, totaling roughly $691 million. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward has taken responsibility for approving settlement offers, and in the last three weeks, he approved 649 settlement offers totaling about $175 million. The estimated face value of claims submitted to the Department of the Navy now exceeds $335 trillion. The process has become a routine, with settlement offers being approved on a weekly basis.
It’s business as usual, with the numbers and names changing, but the process remaining the same.
Author: Evan Null
