eClaims has been updated to allow claims to be processed for exposure, medical and statute of limitations purposes prior to the submission of an IR Part 4 Affirmation. To the extent an IR Part 4 Affirmation is required, an offer will not be issued until an acceptable affirmation is submitted to the Trust. Certain claims’ statuses have been updated to allow for the further processing of claims affected by this update.
Announcements
Manville: MAP
Per Manville’s TDP, the Trust’s distribution to all claimants for the first nine months of a year shall not exceed 85% of the Maximum Annual Payment (MAP) determined for that year. Manville has reached this limit for 2019. Therefore, any claim with a status of “Awaiting Offer Funding” will not receive payment until October of 2019. Please refer to the 2002 TDP Section H.8 for further details.
Narco: Timing of Payments
A notice was posted regarding the timing of payments, click here to view that document.
NARCO: Average and Maximum Values
A notice was posted regarding the average and maximum values. [Please see the NARCO Trust’s Documents Page for the current values.]
Manville: Industry/Occupations
Recent eClaims Enhancements: 4/7/2019
Manville: New York Office Move
The Manville Trust’s New York office, which among other things responds to subpoenas of claims records, has moved, as of March 18, 2019. Its new address is:
Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust
P.O. Box 270
1132 Main Street, Suite 4
Peekskill, NY 10566
Email and phone remain unchanged:
malissaantonucci@mantrust.org
(p) 914-764-4700
Additional information regarding subpoenas of Manville Trust claims records can be found under the Manville documents tab, in the “Third Party Discovery” FAQ document.
NARCO: Individual Review Claims and Part 4 of the Individual Review Claim Form
All NARCO Asbestos Trust Individual Review (“IR”) claims that answer “Yes” to the question “Has an asbestos-related lawsuit or claim ever been filed on behalf of the injured party?” must complete the Affirmation of Counsel: IR Claim Form Part 4: Asbestos-Related Litigation and Claims History. This document should be uploaded as part of the claim file using document type “NAR-IR Doc Aff.”
See documentation requirements contained in Part 4 of the IR Claim Form. If you answer “Yes”, to the question “Has an asbestos-related lawsuit or claim ever been filed on behalf of the injured party?”, you must complete Part 4 of the IR Claim Form. In addition, for every asbestos-legal action filed on behalf of the injured party, the claimant and the claimant’s law firm must attach to the Claim Form:
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- the file-stamped copy of the complaint, as amended,
- any standard disclosures or interrogatories and the answers thereto required by the applicable jurisdiction, and
- any affidavits or deposition testimony submitted by or on behalf of the injured party
To the extent that affidavits or depositions from a person other than the injured party include information that bears on an injured party’s exposure to a NARCO asbestos-containing product (whether or not the affidavits or depositions mentioned NARCO) and were submitted on behalf of the injured party to a court, an insurance company, or an asbestos defendant in the tort system in an effort to support an asbestos claim, those affidavits and depositions must also be submitted. Such affidavits and depositions must be submitted regardless of whether they tend to support the claim of exposure to a NARCO asbestos-containing product. Affidavits and depositions that do not relate to the time period of the injured party’s exposure to a NARCO asbestos-containing product do not have to be submitted to the NARCO Trust, unless the affidavit or deposition: (1) names the injured party; and (2) contradicts the evidence of the injured party’s exposure to a NARCO asbestos-containing product. Affidavits that were submitted to other asbestos trusts only do not have to be submitted to the NARCO Trust.
Password Management and Deficiency notices
NARCO: Updated Trust Directives Related to Exposure
Please see the updated NARCO Trust Directives Related to Exposure – As of January 2019. [The current Exposure Directives are available on the NARCO Trust’s Documents Page.]