3 Groups Of Fast-Track Plaintiffs Severed From Pearl Harbor Pollution Cases

( October 5, 2026, 9:39 AM EDT) -- HONOLULU — A federal magistrate judge in Hawaii issued three orders severing three groups of plaintiffs who were set to proceed to fast-track trials in October and November from two consolidated lawsuits related to groundwater contamination from a jet fuel XE "jet fuel"  spill at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base and opening new civil cases for those groups of plaintiffs to proceed separately to trial on an expedited basis....