Are Berkeley Manor Residents Eligible for the Camp Lejeune Lawsuit?
Yes. If you lived at Berkeley Manor on Camp Lejeune, you are eligible for the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Water Contamination Lawsuit.
Please see our resource dedicated to the Camp Lejeune Lawsuit for answers to all of your questions.
Or, if you’re ready to sign up for the lawsuit, call us today or fill out our intake forms.
Berkeley Manor Water Contamination
Berkeley Manor is a quiet neighborhood conveniently located near Brewster Middle School and Lejeune High School mostly consisting of 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom houses with lots of storage.
Unfortunately, Bereley Manor residents unknowingly drank, bathed in and cooked with dangerous and contaminated water.
The water supply at Berkeley Manor was found to have contained the following hazardous contaminants:
- Trichloroethylene (TCE).
- Tetrachloroethylene or perchloroethylene (PCE)
- Vinyl Chloride.
The ATDSR Study
The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem was remediated sometime in the middle 1980s. Then, in 2018, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry released its study that was intended to determine whether the use and consumption of Camp Lejeune’s contaminated drinking water was connected to certain cancers and other illnesses suffered by military personnel, their family members and civilian personnel who lived and worked on the base. The study concluded that indeed, a link existed between just about any type of cancer that you can think of along with other physical conditions in participants who had lived or worked at Camp Lejeune. Those conditions included female infertility and miscarriages.
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act
On August 10, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act into law. That law means that former military personnel, their family members and civilian employees who suffered cancer and other illnesses from consuming or otherwise using contaminated water at Camp Lejeune might be eligible to file lawsuits against the federal government and potentially recover compensation for their injuries and damages. Even wrongful death lawsuits are contemplated under the act. Eligibility to file a lawsuit under the legislation is broad. Any veteran, family member or former base employee who was exposed to Camp Lejeune water for at least 30 days between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987 might qualify. This window of opportunity is only open until August 10, 2024 though. After that date, they will be forever barred from filing.
If you or a family member lived at Berkeley Manor at Camp Lejeune during the above dates for 30 days or longer and suffered cancer or another condition that can be linked to Camp Lejeune water, contact our Camp Lejeune Justice Act lawyer here at Maison Law as soon as you can for a free consultation and case review. You’ll be in need of quality, professional and aggressive legal representation in order to get the compensation that you deserve. Once we’re retained to represent you, we’ll begin building your case for you.
