CRMC has re-defined the prior Recategoriztion Option on the Offer status page for all Trust clients. You will now have two options:
1) Recategorization – POC needs to be amended or
2) Recategorization – Ready for CRMC Review.
This was previously a two step process where you were required to log your recategorization request and then move the claim forward for processing on the claim page once any claim amendments were complete.
CRMC has posted an updated eClaims user guide. Please click here to view that document.
Pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Asbestos Related Claims and Demands Trust Distribution Procedures (“the TDP”), the Trustee has recently completed a re-evaluation of the Payment Percentage. As a result of this re-evaluation, the Trustee – with the consent of the Trust Advisory Committee and the Legal Representative – has decided to increase the Payment Percentage from 35% to 50%.
The Trustee has also decided that this increase in the Payment Percentage is to be applied to all post-bankruptcy claims which were previously paid by the Trust at a lower rate. The Trust has adopted policies and procedures requiring each previously paid claimant or the claimant’s counsel to affirmatively accept the supplemental payment before a check will be issued. Please refer to the “Supplemental Payment Policies and Procedures” memo posted on the Documents page of the website for further details.
The Trust has decided to extend the deadline for responses to the supplemental payments as referred to in the “Supplemental Payment Policies and Procedures – 2015” memo posted on the document Page of the Website. The updated response deadline has been changed from October 31, 2016 to December 31, 2016.
The e-Claims status description document has been updated.
Effective April 28, 2016, the C.E. Thurston & Sons Absestos Trust will no longer offer its “E-file” electronic filing option. All eClaims users currently using E-filing will be converted to hybrid filing (“H-filing”), which still permits electronic filing of claimant information. Using H-filing, users may complete the claim form electronically online and upload any required documents, just as with E-filing. The difference is that, using H-filing, a CRMC Claim Review Analyst will run the CDT valuation program in every case. Please be advised that, particularly in the initial period following this transition, review times will likely increase. However, CRMC has retained additional staff to assist in this effort and will work as quickly as possible to review your claim(s) in a timely manner.
Pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Asbestos Related Claims and Demands Trust Distribution Procedures (“the TDP”), the Trustee has recently completed a re-evaluation of the Payment Percentage. As a result of this re-evaluation, the Trustee – with the consent of the Trust Advisory Committee and the Legal Representative – has decided to increase the Payment Percentage from 25% to 35%. The Trustee has also decided that this increase in the Payment Percentage is to be applied to all post-bankruptcy claims which were previously paid by the Trust at a lower rate. The Trust has adopted policies and procedures requiring each previously paid claimant or the claimant’s counsel to affirmatively accept the supplemental payment before a check will be issued. Please refer to the “Supplemental Payment Policies and Procedures – 2015” memo posted on the Documents page of the website (/documents/c-e-thurston/) for further details.
Due to our upcoming office move, e-filer payments will be delayed till Oct 7th. Sorry for any inconvenience.
The Simplebatch system for both CET and Manville Trust has been updated and is available under Document TAB B.
C.E. Thurston & Sons Asbestos Trust SOL Policy change deadline has been extended to November 30, 2013. Please click here for the announcement.
