[CPEO-MEF] FUEL, HEALTH: "Judge approves settlements for Hawaii children sickened by Navy jet fuel spill"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge approves settlements for Hawaii children sickened by Navy jet fuel spill
A federal judge signed off on payouts for 119 minors whose families say they were poisoned when the Navy's mismanagement of a massive underground fuel depot sent jet fuel flowing from their taps.

By JEREMY YUROW 
Courthouse News Service
April 21, 2026

HONOLULU  — A federal judge has approved settlements for 119 children whose families say they became sick after jet fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility contaminated the drinking water supply at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in November 2021.

U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi signed the order Monday, adopting without modification the findings of Magistrate Judge Kenneth Mansfield, who issued his recommendation April 2 after a videoconference hearing on the matter.

The settlements resolve claims by minors in two consolidated Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuits — Feindt v. United States and Hughes v. United States — brought against the federal government over the contamination event that affected roughly 93,000 people, including thousands of military families who reported symptoms ranging from headaches a

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For the entire article, see
https://courthousenews.com/judge-approves-settlements-for-hawaii-children-sickened-by-navy-jet-fuel-spill/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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