Nearly 630 Plaintiffs Affected by Navy Water Contamination in Central Oʻahu to Receive $17M Settlement

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. Department of Justice on Wednesday.

DOJ leaders touted the move as a good-faith step toward resolving the matter, in which scores of military personnel, their families and civilian workers were sickened by tens of thousands of gallons of jet fuel spilled in 2021. Some victims, however, called the deals “a slap in the face” that don’t go nearly far enough to compensate all the damage done.

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