The Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2025 makes technical corrections to the existing Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, which allows people harmed by water contamination at the military base to sue the federal government. The bill clarifies that claimants need to show only that contamination exposure is "as likely as not" to have caused their illness, rather than meeting a higher standard of proof. It also allows lawsuits to be filed in multiple North Carolina federal courts and South Carolina federal court, rather than just one district court, and permits cases to go to jury trial at either party's request. Additionally, the bill caps attorney fees at 20 percent of pre-lawsuit settlements or 25 percent of post-lawsuit judgments. The changes apply retroactively to claims already pending or filed since the original law took effect on August 10, 2022.
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