The U.S. Department of Justice announced it approved nearly 650 settlement offers totaling $175 million over the past three weeks for victims of water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

The DOJ has paid more than $421 million in 649 Elective Option settlements to compensate service members exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune since Jan. 20 2025.

An Oklahama rancher’s lawsuit against the manufacturers of a powerful herbicide is one of 6,500 pending in the southern Illinois federal court.

Camp Lejeune Justice Department settlements accelerate as Stanley Woodward approves 649 offers totaling $175 million in three weeks for contaminated water victims.

The DOJ announced the approval Tuesday, saying 649 elective option offers have been made under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.

For decades, Marines and their families drank water contaminated with industrial chemicals at Camp Lejeune. Internal knowledge of dumping and unsafe levels existed years before testing was done.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WITN) - Officials say a Camp Lejeune Marine was pronounced dead after being lost in the Caribbean Sea. 21-year-old Lance Corporal Chukwuemeka Oforah was declared dead on Tuesday ...

A Marine pronounced dead after being lost in the Caribbean Sea had connections to Camp Lejeune. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Lance Corporal (Special ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WECT) - A Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune has been declared dead after falling overboard from a ship in the Caribbean. According to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the ...

A missing Marine based out of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina has been declared dead after falling from the deck of the USS Iwo Jima, according to U.S. Marine Corps officials. Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E.

Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E. Oforah fell off the USS Iwo Jima on Feb. 7 and has been declared lost at sea, officials said. Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Nistas A missing Marine based out of ...