United States Files Response with 11th Circuit, Backs Dismissal on Judicial Estoppel Grounds

ATLANTA -- The United States has filed a response brief in a pending appeal of a dismissed Camp Lejeune action, arguing that the federal court was correct to dismiss the benzene-related claim. Jones v. United States of America, No. 11-13158 (11th Cir.).

In a Dec. 20 brief backing the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia's original decision, the United States claims that the plaintiff's suit was properly barred on the basis of judicial estoppel and that the plaintiff failed to disclose her pending bankruptcy pleading "at every turn."

"[The plaintiff] does not assert that she lacked knowledge …