Plaintiffs said they didn’t know about fuel samples until it was too late. The judge declined their request to punish the government.

Families who drank tainted water on Oʻahu were not informed that the Navy was sitting on the key proof, their lawyers allege. Now it is too late. 

One of the defense attorneys said his client may be a scapegoat for those truly responsible.

The two men are accused of making false statements and withholding information about the May 2021 fuel spill.

One of the military’s loudest critics amid the Red Hill fuel contamination fiasco said her boss tried to keep her quiet.

Suit estimates it is costing $1.2 billion for the Board of Water Supply to clean up and protect Oʻahu’s drinking water wells.

Department of Justice attorneys succeeded in limiting the scope of the fuel leak case, and consequently, the damages.

UPDATED: The federal inspector general found numerous failures in the Navy’s handling of fuel, water and toxic “forever chemicals” at Pearl Harbor. Congressional representatives called the Navy’s conduct “outrageous and unacceptable.”

Residents who use the water system affected by that spill say the experts’ findings support their concerns that there’s still something in the water.

It’s the first time so-called PAH’s have been detected at the shuttered wells, although regulators disagree about whether the chemicals stem from the Navy’s fuel spill.