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How Do Camp Lejeune Lawsuits Actually Work?

You’ve no doubt seen the ads on television, but did you ever wonder how Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuits actually work? Our team breaks it down for you.

RPWB has filed its first administrative claims with the Navy JAG, the first step in the litigation process under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. The JAG is tasked with reviewing the initial claim forms. After receiving a claim form, the government has up to six months to make a settlement offer (not likely), reject the claim form as incomplete or deficient, or ignore it altogether (most likely). After the six-month review window has expired, the lawsuit must be filed within 60 days in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

It remains to be seen how the government will handle the administrative claim forms and, specifically, whether it will make reasonable settlement offers. To date, no offers have been made. However, we believe that any settlement offers at the claim-form stage will be low and that most cases will proceed to litigation.  Once cases are filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, we anticipate cases will move to trial and that the government potentially will use these verdicts to gauge values for future settlements. Given the wide swath of illnesses and diseases involved and that the U.S. Government is the defendant, there will be Camp Lejeune litigation specific intricacies and challenges, including Daubert challenges to scientific and medical experts. It will not be a quick process to litigate these claims. We expect at least a three- to five-year time horizon for the litigation to be meaningfully resolved.

In light of these complexities, litigating Camp Lejeune Water Contamination cases will require significant mass tort legal experience. Working with a mass tort law firm with experience representing Veterans and their families will be to your advantage.

RPWB attorneys represent Camp Lejeune water contamination victims nationwide. Due to our firm’s involvement in the leadership of the national 3M earplugs litigation and other cases, we have a wealth of experience with the unique complexities of helping current and former military personnel, including the challenges of navigating complex military and Veteran’s Administration records request processes.

We would be honored to put our experience to work for you.

The main criteria for our Camp Lejeune cases is that the person served, lived, or worked at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between 1953 and 1987 for at least 30 days and subsequently developed: Parkinson’s disease, end-stage renal disease, kidney cancer, kidney damage, leukemia, liver cancer, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, scleroderma, systemic sclerosis and major cardiac birth defects. We will also screen additional cancers and health conditions that may have been caused by the contaminated water.

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      Sixteen RPWB attorneys were selected for the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® list for numerous practice areas including personal injury, product liability, mass tort, class action and medical malpractice litigation.

      This marks the sixth consecutive year in which RPWB is the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for both product liability litigation and class action & mass tort litigation.

      RPWB member Beth Burke was selected as personal injury lawyer of the year in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to working on medical malpractice and personal injury cases, Burke serves in the leadership of the national lawsuit against 3M for supplying military personnel with defective earplugs. She also represents Marine Corps veterans who developed cancer and other serious conditions after consuming contaminated water at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987.

      Beth Burke is personal injury lawyer of the year in Charleston, S.C.

       

      Here is the full list of RPWB attorneys on the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®:

      Mount Pleasant, S.C.

      Nina Fields Britt – Mass Tort/Class Actions Litigation

      Beth Burke – Mass Tort/Class Actions, Personal Injury & Product Liability Litigation

      Jerry Evans – Mass Tort/Class Actions & Product Liability Litigation

      Kim Keevers Palmer – Mass Tort/Class Actions Litigation

      Greg Lofstead – Product Liability & Mass Tort/Class Actions Litigation

      Christiaan Marcum – Mass Tort/Class Actions & Product Liability Litigation

      Tom Rogers – Medical Malpractice Law & Personal Injury Litigation

      Hoyt Rowell – Healthcare Law & Mass Tort/Class Actions Litigation

      Chris Tuck – Mass Tort/Class Actions, Product Liability Litigation & Qui Tam Law

      Ed Westbrook – Mass Tort/Class Actions Litigation

      Bobby Wood – Mass Tort/Class Actions & Product Liability Litigation

      Charleston, S.C.

      Michael Brickman – Antitrust Law, Mass Tort/Class Actions & Securities Litigation

      Charles Patrick, Jr. – Mass Tort/Class Actions & Product Liability Litigation

      Aiken, S.C.

      Dave Butler – Personal Injury & Product Liability Litigation

      Ken Wilson – Personal Injury & Product Liability Litigation

      Edwardsville, Ill.

      Jena Borden – Mass Tort/Class Actions & Product Liability Litigation

      Ones to Watch

      Three younger attorneys at the firm are recognized as “Ones to Watch,” a distinction for up-and-coming attorneys.

      • Chuck Dukes is listed for antitrust law, commercial litigation, mass tort/class action litigation, personal injury litigation and product liability litigation.
      • Matt Nickles is honored for personal injury and product liability litigation.
      • TAC Hargrove was selected for commercial litigation following his work on litigation associated with the failed V.C. Summer nuclear expansion project.

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      Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 116,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 17 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 12.2 million votes were analyzed. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

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        RPWB is the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for personal injury, product liability and mass tort litigation in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

        In all, 14 RPWB attorneys were named Best Lawyers in their respective practice areas. Two other RPWB lawyers were named “Ones to Watch,” a designation for younger, up-and-coming attorneys.

        Also in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers, two RPWB attorneys were honored as lawyers of the year in Charleston, SC.

        Elizabeth Middleton Burke honored for her work on product liability litigation. Burke is one of the leaders in the national product liability litigation against 3M for manufacturing faulty earplugs for service members.

        Thomas Rogers received the distinction for his work on medical malpractice cases

        RPWB’s Best Lawyers

        Jena L. Borden

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Michael J. Brickman

        • Litigation – Securities
        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Nina Fields Britt

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Elizabeth M. Burke

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        J. David Butler

        • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Jerry Hudson Evans

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Gregory A. Lofstead

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Christiaan Marcum

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Kimberly Keevers Palmer

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Charles W. Patrick, Jr.

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Thomas D. Rogers

        • Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
        • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

        A. Hoyt Rowell III

        • Health Care Law
        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        T. Christopher Tuck

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Edward J. Westbrook  

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Kenneth J. Wilson

        • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Robert S. Wood

        • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        RPWB’s ‘Ones to Watch’

        D. Charles Dukes

        • Antitrust Law
        • Commercial Litigation

        Matthew A. Nickles

        • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
        • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

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          16 RPWB Lawyers Selected For Best Lawyers List

          CHARLESTON – RPWB was once again the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for product liability cases as well as mass tort and class action lawsuits in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, which was released in August 2019.

          In total, 16 RPWB attorneys were designated as 2020 Best Lawyers, including David Butler, who was chosen as the personal injury lawyer of the year in the Augusta, Ga. metropolitan area. Butler, who works out of Aiken, S.C., has devoted much of his career representing asbestos victims who have developed mesothelioma, but he also works on other personal injury and product liability cases.

          Here are the RPWB attorneys named to the 2020 Best Lawyers list:

          Michael J. Brickman
          Litigation – Securities
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          Elizabeth M. Burke
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          David Butler
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Blair Hahn
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Gregory A. Lofstead
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Christiaan Marcum
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Kim Keevers Palmer
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          Terry E. Richardson, Jr.
          Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
          Railroad Law

          Thomas D. Rogers
          Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Hoyt Rowell III
          Health Care Law
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          Brady Thomas
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Christopher Tuck
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          Charles W. Patrick, Jr.
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Edward J. Westbrook
          Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          Kenneth J. Wilson
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Bobby Wood
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          Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 94,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 11 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 8.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 62,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

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