2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 12 Nov 2006 02:36:28 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Oceana (VA) jet noise settlement
 
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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