[CPEO-MEF] Oceana (VA) jet noise settlement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A third of homeowners have accepted jet-noise settlement

By SUSAN E. WHITE
The Virginian-Pilot
November 10, 2006


VIRGINIA BEACH - More than a third of the 2,000 homeowners who sued the 
federal government over Navy jet noise have agreed to accept part of a 
$38 million settlement, and others appear ready to settle, plaintiffs' 
lawyers said Thursday.

Lawyers representing the homeowners have until mid-January to persuade 
at least 96 percent of the plaintiffs to accept the settlement or it 
will be void.

The median settlement per household is expected to be about $5,000, said 
Kieron Quinn a Baltimore lawyer who represents some property owners. At 
least one home-owner would receive $50,000 or more if the settlement is 
finalized, Quinn said.

The homeowners, who live near Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach 
and Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field in Chesapeake, filed lawsuits 
against the federal government from 2001 to 2004.

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For the entire article, see
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=114155&ran=53846

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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