Brian Jessup News Today

Brian Jessup, a retired Navy diver, testified in Hawaii federal court Thursday that he and his family experienced numerous health issues, including stomach pains, nausea, dizziness and headaches, as a result of contaminated water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Thousands of service members, military family members and local civilians in former military housing areas who were exposed reported a series of ailments from rashes, digestive issues and other medical problems.

The plaintiffs from the Army and Navy report family members falling sick as a result of the 2021 Red Hill spill in Hawaii.

Three soldiers and two sailors have become the first active-duty service members to file suit in federal court seeking compensation for harm from the Navy’s fuel-contaminated tap water in their homes near Pearl Harbor in late 2021.

In the suit filed Thursday under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the group argues that the case should not fall under the Feres doctrine, which prevents service members from suing the government.

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