Information About Camp Lejeune Administrative Settlements and Offers To Be Reported by U.S. Government

Information About Camp Lejeune Administrative Settlements and Offers To Be Reported by U.S. Government

Following court orders issued last month, which indicated that confidential details of Camp Lejeune settlements will no longer be included in regular status reports, a federal magistrate judge has ordered the U.S. government to still provide updates to settlement masters and key parties in the litigation.

The U.S. government faces more than 325,000 Camp Lejeune lawsuits and administrative claims, each seeking financial compensation for various types of cancer and other ailments allegedly caused by toxic chemicals in the Marine base’s water supply between the mid-1950s and late-1980s. Each of the claims were submitted within a two year window provided by the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA) of 2022, which closed on August 10, 2024.

The massive litigation is currently being overseen by U.S. District Judges Richard E. Myers II, Terrence W. Boyle, Louise W. Flanagan and James C. Dever III, all from the Eastern District of North Carolina, who directed the parties early in the pretrial proceedings to provide regular status reports on Camp Lejeune settlement efforts, including information about individual and global resolutions, since it would take decades to resolve each claim at trial.

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In August, the judges clarified that, although the U.S. government has only extended Camp Lejeune offers to a small fraction of claimants, the government did not need to disclose Camp Lejeune settlement information at regular status conferences, which it had been doing since the beginning of the litigation.

However, in a court order (PDF) issued on October 8, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Gates clarified that the settlement information still needs to be provided to key parties in the litigation.

“[O]n the same day that the parties file their joint status report in advance of each of the status conferences required to be held in this litigation, defendant United States of America shall serve by email on the Settlement Masters, the undersigned as Settlement Liaison, and the Plaintiffs’ Leadership Group a notice signed by defendant’s counsel stating the then current number of administrative claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act that have been settled and the then current number of outstanding offers to settle such claims,” the order states. “This information had previously been included in the joint status reports.”

Two Camp Lejeune settlement masters were appointed in July 2024, who are working with the parties to resolve the litigation before numerous trials are required.

October 2024 Camp Lejeune Lawsuits Update

While the parties are working to determine if a global Camp Lejeune settlement program can be established, the Court is moving forward with a bellwether process, preparing several “tracks” of claims involving different categories of injuries for early trial dates, which are designed to help gauge how the Court may respond to certain evidence and testimony that is likely to be repeated throughout the litigation.

In October 2023, the Court established a Camp Lejeune Lawsuit Track 1 criteria, and the parties selected a group of 100 cases to go through early discovery involving the following five categories of injuries:

  • Bladder cancer
  • Kidney cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

To help focus efforts, the Court  directed the parties in June 2024 to narrow down the original list of 100 cases to a group of 25 claims that will be eligible for trial, including five cases from each of the five injury categories, with plaintiffs selecting three of the claims and the U.S. government selecting the other two.

While the outcome of these early bellwether trials will not have a binding impact on other claims in the litigation, they will be closely watched by lawyers involved in the cases, as the average amounts of any Camp Lejeune lawsuit payouts awarded may help the parties in global settlement negotiations for various types of injuries.


14 Comments


  1. Christopher

    Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, Camp Lejeune cocktail. Uncle Sam just screwing us vets, again…


  2. Timothy

    We are so FUCKED!


  3. Jimmy

    The us government needs to stop trying to talk their way around this they knew what. Was going on and tried to hide it,like always their trying to get out of trouble even it the troops aren’t sick now what’s to say the effect it’s going to have on them later in life,they need to be taken care of now


  4. John

    We’ll all be DEAD before we see a penny of that money!


  5. James

    I proudly served this country USMC From 1978 to 1983 most of my time I served was on Camp Lejeune and now years later I have been diagnosed with CTCL LYMPHOMA my life has not been the same since!!! What I don’t understand is that why things has to take Years to resolve .Oh!! It’s the Groverment. And personally I believe that they want all of us to DIE so that they don’t have to compensate us for our health issues.


  6. Marty

    I am saddened by the simple fact that my government knew these wells were contaminated and looked the other way. It is a well established fact that this is true. I love the US and the USMC. I am extremely proud to have served but again I am saddened by knowing that my government knew and did nothing and now they want to ignore their sick warriors. Shame is all I can say. Semper Fi.


  7. Michael

    I try to distinguish my anger towards the government and the respect I will always have for the USMC. The Marines made me the man I am today, the government allowed me to suffer from prostate cancer and other illnesses caused by the water. I hope that President Trump does not turn his back on us.


  8. Edward

    Served at Camp Johnson in 1977 for Supply NCO School and then from 1983-1986 including 8 months on USS Saipan LHA-2 with 24 th MAU. Now almost 70 years old with Lung Cancer, Kidney Disease, Prostate Cancer, Essential Tremors and other medical conditions. Feels just like the Veterans Administration “Delay to pay, and Deny till you die.” Just like they lied about free medical care when you retire- another lie. Already told my attorney to push this to a jury trial. Tried using Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and I told him those procedures don’t supersede the Constitution.


  9. Charles V

    This will be dragged out until we all die. We will never see a dime. When I got to MCAS New River in 1983 they knew about the water, but told no one and still gave it to us to drink. They did not care what it did or would do to our health then or now. My DD-214 was altered to avoid arbitration Medical Board which I should have had prior to my discharge in 1986. That was done to deprive me of any payments from a medical condition I might have had. I was proud to serve my Country as a US Marine too bad my Country didn’t care about me and my fellow Marines.


  10. Frank

    I found out that if your clam is no within 50 years you can’t get a fast settlement well I was at camp lajune in 1968 so now I have to wait until my lawyers go to trail I’ve been waiting 3 years


  11. Billie

    I was station there in camp lejeune in 1969_1973 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and was treated for it they found out that I had prostate cancer


  12. Louis

    79 yrs.old v.a.disabled served camp lajeune 1963,1965 1966,1967, i could roll a 7 any day,but then again who cares leave settlement papers on my grave stone,in english please!!!


  13. Barry

    Want action on this mess?? Get President Trump involved. Why mess with people who don’t have the “marbles” to make tough decisions.


  14. N Darlene

    I watched as my father suffered through multiple cancers and then passed away from esophageal cancer. Now the questions the government is raising to justify why it doesn’t qualify for much if any settlement. The horror of watching this career serviceman go through the radioactive implants is indescribable. How dare the USA fail to recognize the validity of his claim, at least the process will come to an end soon, of course I have my doubts.


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