You’ve seen and heard the TV and radio ads: Law firms encouraging ill veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune to seek monetary damages from the federal government over the base’s contaminated water.
It’s a multimillion-dollar campaign, and, like past campaigns for mesothelioma, asbestos and smoking-related illnesses, the personal injury law firms stand to make billions of dollars from lawsuits.
“The lawyers representing Camp Lejeune victims stand to make up to 40% of victims’ recoveries in fees for themselves — after doing very little work and with a near-certain chance of recovering in this settlement,” said Bailey Aragon, public affairs manager with the American Tort Reform Association, which estimates that law firms have spent more than $41 million on the ads.