[CPEO-MEF] FUEL, SERVICE MEMBERS: "Military Members File Lawsuit Over Red Hill [HI] Water Contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military Members File Lawsuit Over Red Hill Water Contamination
Active service members are challenging a rule that insulates the government from liability for their injuries. 

By Christina Jedra   
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
November 9, 2023

Five military service members filed suit against the federal government on Thursday after they consumed fuel-tainted water delivered by the U.S. Navy on Oahu in November 2021. 

The plaintiffs are Army Col. Jessica Whaley, Army Maj. Amanda Feindt, Army Chief Warrant Officer Elizabeth Thompson-Watson, Navy Chief Petty Officer Brian Jessup and Navy Petty Officer First Class Dustin Wallace. 

However, 978 active-duty service members have filed pre-litigation claims with the Navy and are expected to join the litigation at a later date. 

The claimants allege they were sickened and displaced from their homes when operations at the Navy’s Red Hill storage complex leaked thousands of gallons of fuel into the water supply that serves the Pearl Harbor area.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/military-members-file-lawsuit-over-red-hill-water-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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