A state statute cuts off a companys liability 10 years after its last contaminating act, meaning the deadline for filing claims came and went in 1997. MacQueens heads-up letter arrived in 2008... A dozen years passed before Ensminger first learned that contaminated water at Camp Lejeune may have been to blame for his daughters death. By that time, according to the state, his 10-year window, too, had long closed. In North Carolina, if you are being poisoned by a company but do not find out until greater than 10 years after the companys last contaminating act, the company is no longer liable. As Tate MacQueen for Congress says, Basically, what this is telling the polluter, is that if you are devious and crooked enough to make it for 10 years, then well reward you.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:58:29 +0000