Appeals Court Rejects State's Tort Law Change To Boost Camp Lejeune Claims

A federal appeals court has voided the North Carolina legislature's attempt to retroactively allow plaintiffs in a high-profile toxic tort suit to seek damages from the federal government, rejecting arguments that a state law change related to contaminated groundwater exposures clarifies when such cases may be brought. The Oct. 14 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Bryant v. United States sides with the Justice Department in rejecting plaintiffs' arguments that a recently passed North...