$17 Million In Court Settlements Is Coming To Red Hill Families
The payments resolve claims from 629 people as the department settles more than 3,600 civilian cases tied to the 2021 spills.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced approximately $17 million in payments to 629 plaintiffs affected by the 2021 Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility jet fuel spills at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam.
- These settlements resolve a portion of more than 6,500 claims filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act after the 2021 spills contaminated drinking water affecting thousands of residents and service members in Central Oahu.
- Plaintiffs' attorney Kristina Baehr criticized the roughly $27,000 average payment, noting payouts fall below the $38,500 to $76,000 range for adults ordered by U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi.
- Appeals at the Ninth Circuit continue over the 'incident to service' exclusion, while some children received as little as $4,000, an amount Baehr argues fails to cover long-term health needs.
- Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate called the payments "good faith efforts," though families continue contesting the legal process, citing permanent injuries and ongoing medical expenses that settlements fail to address.
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Feds pay out $17M to families sickened by Navy’s fuel-contaminated water in Hawaii
The Department of Justice has issued about $17 million in payments to 629 people, mostly military family members, in connection with the toxic fuel spills that poisoned their water in Hawaii in 2021. These are the first payments for settlements resolving about 3,600 claims resulting from the poisoned water, which caused numerous health problems for military families living in military housing, and for other civilian families in Hawaii whose wate…
Red Hill families to split $17 million in latest water contamination settlement
More than 600 military family members and civilians who were sickened by contaminated water following a fuel leak in Hawaii will get $17 million in a federal settlement announced this week. In 2021, more than 20,000 gallons of jet fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, contaminated the local aquifer, which supported the drinking water for thousands of military families. Those impacted by the …
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$17 Million In Court Settlements Is Coming To Red Hill Families
Nearly 630 of the plaintiffs affected by Navy water contamination in Central Oʻahu will receive a combined payment of $17 million in the latest batch of Red Hill court settlements announced by the U.S.
DOJ makes first batch of Red Hill payments | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The Department of Justice made its first Red Hill water crisis payouts totaling around $17 million to 629 plaintiffs and said the payments are an example of the government’s “good faith efforts” to resolve thousands of claims — a characterization the lead plaintiff said “could not be further from the truth.”
$17M paid to Hawaii families hurt by 2021 Red Hill fuel spill
The Department of Justice has issued $17 million in payments to 629 plaintiffs affected by the 2021 Red Hill jet fuel spills at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, with the government continuing to process thousands of additional claims from servicemembers…
Justice Dept. begins paying $17M to Hawaii jet fuel contamination victims
The Justice Department has begun issuing settlement payments to hundreds of plaintiffs who brought claims against the United States over a 2021 jet fuel contamination disaster at a Hawaii military base, the department announced.
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