Courts in Norfolk, Virginia
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Norfolk Division)
600 Granby St, Norfolk, VA 23510
Norfolk Circuit Court
100 St Paul's Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23510
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in Norfolk
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
620 John Paul Jones Cir, Portsmouth, VA 23708
EVMS Medical Group — Eastern Virginia Medical School
825 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507
Liability Considerations in Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest naval base, home to approximately 75 naval vessels and 130 aircraft at any given time. The scale of aircraft carrier, destroyer, and submarine operations at NS Norfolk requires extensive AFFF capability, and decades of aircraft firefighting training have generated documented PFAS in the station's groundwater. The Hampton Roads metro area as a whole has the highest concentration of military personnel and veterans in the United States, creating an enormous potential PFAS exposure and personal injury claim population. NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach (the Navy's master jet base) and Little Creek Amphibious Base add further PFAS contamination to the regional profile. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth — the Navy's oldest continuously operating military hospital — likely holds decades of treatment records for PFAS-linked cancers in the Hampton Roads military community. Virginia's 2-year statute demands prompt legal consultation for Norfolk-area claimants.