More than 100 residents file claims for compensation over Red Hill water contamination

TL;DR - Another 102 current and former residents of military housing in Hawaii have filed claims seeking compensation for maladies and hardships they say were caused by the Navy’s petroleum-contaminated drinking water, their attorneys said Friday.

The 102 individuals filed claims Friday with the Navy’s Office of the Judge Advocate, a prerequisite for filing any future lawsuits under the Federal Tort Claims Act in federal court, according to a news release by Just Well Law of Austin, Texas, and Hosoda Law Group of Honolulu, the firms representing them.

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