11th Circuit: N.C. Statute of Repose Doesn’t Contain Exception for Latent Diseases

ATLANTA –– The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has issued an opinion affecting claims pending in the national Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base drinking water contamination MDL, finding that North Carolina’s statute of repose applies to the claims and does not contain an exception for latent diseases.

In the Oct. 14 opinion, the 11th Circuit rejected the plaintiffs’ reliance on recent laws signed into effect by North Carolina’s governor, which enacted an amendment to the statute of repose to address groundwater contamination claims.

In the order, the appellate court also adopted the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent stance …