The federal government issued approximately $17 million in initial settlement payments to 629 people affected by the 2021 jet fuel contamination of the Navy’s water system on Oahu. Thousands of other claimants had not accepted the offered settlements when Military Times reported the payments.
Just Well Law attorney Kristina Baehr welcomed the payments as a measure of accountability while questioning their adequacy. She also noted that affected active-duty service members had not received payments and continued to face separate legal hurdles.
