The Manville Trust has added language to the release document so it only needs to be signed by the injured party or representative. If you would like to secure an updated release for clients based on this change, please provide a list of claimids in excel to inquiry@claimsres.com and we will let you know once the updated release document(s) may be printed from eClaims.
Announcements
Manville: MV Trust COVID-19 Policies
Policy Changes – COVID 2019
Temporary Policy Changes Regarding (a) Release Signatures and (b) Enforcement of Time Limitations
The Manville Trust’s current policy is that a release must be signed by the injured party or personal representative and notarized by a notary or witnessed by two individuals not related by blood or marriage.
The Trustees of the Manville Trust are aware that these are difficult and unusual times. Some filers may not be able to meet the requirements for certain Trust claims due to illness, quarantine or shelter in place orders. Therefore, for the next 120 days from the date of this notice or until further notice by the Trust, whichever occurs later, the following temporary policies will be in place.
- A release document may be signed by the Injured Party or Personal Representative (when the injured party is deceased) and one witness who may be related by blood or marriage.
- The timeframe for responding to notices of offer, deficiency, deactivation, and withdrawal has been tolled.
- The statute of limitations period for filing a claim is tolled.
These policy changes are the result of the current pandemic crisis and are designed to provide temporary measures to assure claimants that claims handling will continue during the crisis.
Permanent Policy Changes Regarding Electronic Signatures:
- The Trust will accept any document requiring a signature that has been signed utilizing DocuSign or other electronic signature software provided the law firm has an electronic filer agreement on file with CRMC.
- The Trust added language at the end of the release so that the release need not be notarized or witnessed. A notice will be sent once this change is in place.
e-Claims Enhancements 03-03-2020
CRMC rolled out a bulk actions tool which allows users to perform an action for a list of claimIDs if their security allows for that action. This new feature hangs from the Claims tab and is labeled Bulk Actions. The actions that can be performed include: accept offers, reactivate and accept last offer, reactivate and elect re-review, withdraw or delete, remove claim from deferral, defer a claim, and elect recategorization. Permissions are based on the law firm user’s permissions for the particular Trust and the Trust’s requirements according to their individual TDP’s. The eClaims user guide has been updated and walks through this new feature in detail.
Manville: 2002 TDP Amendment
The Manville TDP was amended by adding a new sentence to the end of Section H.8, providing that excess Maximum Annual Payment funds remaining at the end of a year will roll over and be available to pay claims in the following year.
CRMC: Asbestos Claims Research Facility (ACRF)
Effective July 31st, 2019, Maggie Baumgardner is no longer employed with CRMC. Please direct all your inquiries for the ACRF to acrfrecords@claimsres.com or (303) 364-8158.
Manville: MAP
The Manville Trust has reached its Maximum Annual Payment (MAP) amount for 2019. Therefore, any claim with a status of “Awaiting Offer Funding” will not receive payment until 2020. Claims at this status will be carried over to 2020 and placed at the head of the FIFO payment queue. Please refer to the 2002 TDP Section H.8 for further details.
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.
Manville: Industry/Occupations
The Manville Trust has expanded its industry/occupation pairings chart with the consent of the Selected Counsel of the Beneficiaries (SCB). An updated chart has been posted to the website and in-process claims have been updated accordingly. Additionally, the 2002 claim form has been updated to include many additional occupations. The industry codes have also been streamlined to coincide with those industries most relevant to asbestos-injury claims. In process claims have been mapped to these new industries and occupations.
Should you have questions please contact us via the help line or the inquiry tracking board.
Recent eClaims Enhancements: 4/7/2019
1) CRMC has added a new security feature labeled “Payment” on the person page for each law firm user. Those provided permission by the firm’s administrator will have access to the following reports:
EFT Check/Detail page
EFT Summary page
Accepted offers detail/summary reports
Outstanding offers report
Pending Expiration Report
Executive Summary
The executive summary report is new and contains confidential settlement dollar information which is why the payment security feature has been added. Administrators, you will need to set this security parameter for only those personnel you wish to grant access to.
2) Addition of “Action By” drop-down on the claim listing page. This allows you to locate claims for a Trust that require attention by the firm.
3) An updated User Guide has been posted.
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.