Groundwater Contamination Case Against Government Valid, Judge Says

Mealey's (November 20, 2020, 1:53 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina on Nov. 10 denied the U.S. government’s motion to dismiss a groundwater contamination lawsuit, ruling that the claim is not barred by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) or a North Carolina statute of repose because “there are simply no policy considerations” that can account for the U.S. Department of Navy’s failure to provide uncontaminated water at Camp Lejeune (Gregory Wayne Bunting v. United States, No. 19-67, E.D. N.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210416)....