First Lawsuit Filed By Military Families Sickened By Red Hill Water Contamination
TL;DR - Lawyers representing four military families who were sickened after their tap water was contaminated by fuel that leaked from the Navy’s Red Hill storage facility filed a lawsuit in U.S District Court on Wednesday.
It is the first of what is likely to be many lawsuits against the federal government after petroleum from the World War II-era underground complex was released into the water of some 93,000 people living around Pearl Harbor. U.S. Pacific Fleet investigations determined that human errors and systemic negligence allowed two catastrophic leaks to occur within months of each other.
The lawsuit filed by mainland lawyer Kristina Baehr and local attorney Lyle Hosoda accuses the federal government of negligence related to the leaks last year and failure to immediately inform the public afterward.
August 31, 2022: First Lawsuit Filed By Military Families Sickened By Red Hill Water Contamination, Honolulu Civil Beat
August 31, 2022: Hawaii residents call on Navy to address jet fuel water contamination, ABC News
August 31, 2022: 4 families sue US over Navy fuel-tainted Hawaii tap water, Washington Post