Lawsuit

[boomer2]

Thought some of you may find this interesting. May turn into a class action.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former Marine has filed a $16 million lawsuit against the federal government, claiming that contaminated water at Camp Lejeune caused him to contract a rare form of breast cancer.

Joel Shriberg of Pinehurst said in Friday's lawsuit that he was diagnosed with the cancer in 2004, which has since spread to his lungs.

It is the latest damage claim in a long-running dispute between former residents and the Marine Corps over the polluted water.

Wells at the base were contaminated by fuel leaks and other sources of pollution before being closed two decades ago. Health officials think as many as 1 million people may have been exposed to tainted water.

Shriberg was stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1957 to 1959.

The Marine Corps could not be reached immediately Monday morning.

[Berta]

I hope the 20 other Marines with Breast cancer potentially from Camp Le Jeune have joined this suit or sued on their own.

[jbasser]

The best thing is not to let it become a class action. A class action means attorneys get it all while the members get very little.

J

[Berta]

I was way off -it was 40 per this story in late 2009

http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfoct09/nf100809-6.htm

So probably higher then that now.

I posted thr new LeJeune VA Training letter here the other day in Claims Research forum.