Timing of Requests for Consideration at February 2012 Trustees’ Meeting
Posted 11/28/2011
Any requests for revisions to Trust policies or procedures, physician certification, modifications to an approved list, and/or TDP/Matrix interpretations or questions to be considered during the February 2012 Trustees’ meeting must be received by the Trust on or before Friday, January 6, 2012.
Comments to the Trust
Posted 11/28/2011
The Trust welcomes comments from Trust claimants, beneficiaries and law firms that file claims with the Trust. The Trustees invariably will seek the advice of the Trust Advisory Committee and Futures Representative with regard to any comments seeking to modify Trust policies or set priorities on Trust agendas or finances. The Trust recommends that claimants or their attorneys make an effort to discuss those issues either with the Trust Advisory Committee or the Futures Representative, or both, as appropriate, before raising these issues with the Trustees or the Trust staff.
Further Extension of Statute of Limitations Tolling Period
Posted 10/05/2011
On September 16, 2011, the Trustees, with the consent of the Futures Representative and Trust Advisory Committee, amended Section 5.3(a)(2) of the Trust Distribution Procedures to further extend the post bankruptcy time period when the statute of limitations for all claims had been tolled. All claims not barred by the applicable statute of limitations or repose at the Petition Date (October 15, 2007) shall be tolled as of the Petition Date to and including April 20, 2012. The Third Amendment to and Complete Restatement of Thorpe Insulation Company Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust Distribution Procedures incorporating this amendment has been posted on the Trust’s Web site www.TISTrust.com.
Ships Repaired List
Posted 09/26/2011
On September 15, 2011, the Trustees, with the consent of the Futures Representative and the Trust Advisory Committee (Trust Fiduciaries), approved a Thorpe Insulation Ships Repaired List. You may also find the approved list on the Trust Web site.
Modification to Land Site List
Posted 09/26/2011
Modifications to the Thorpe Insulation Land Site List were approved at the September 15, 2011 Trustees’ meeting. The modifications are listed below and the new list has been posted on the Trust Web site. Please review the list, which includes a modification column for reference purposes.
| Name | Start Date | End Date | Rating |
| Air Traffic Control Center – Palmdale, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1956 | L- Date Specific |
| Air Traffic Control Center – Palmdale, CA | 1/1/1957 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Arlington High School- Riverside, CA | 1/1/1973 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Arrowsmith Co. – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1959 | 12/31/1973 | S – Date Specific |
| Arrowsmith Co. – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1974 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad – Los Angeles, CA | 5/11/1961 | 11/8/1970 site only valid to this date | VL |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad – San Bernardino , CA | 3/15/1960 | 10/17/1975 site only valid to this dateÿÿÿ | VL |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad – Winslow, AZ | 3/14/1961 | 1/17/1967 site only valid to this date | VL |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad – Gallup, NM | 10/11/1960 | 10/11/1962 site only valid to this date | VL |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad – Barstow, CA | 7/12/1960 | 11/18/1970 site only valid to this date | VL |
| Atomic Test Site – Mercury, NV | 1/1/1954 | 12/31/1955 | S – Date Specific |
| Atomic Test Site – Mercury, NV | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Beverly Hills Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA | 1/1/1964 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Brett Hart Junior High School – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1973 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| C F Braun Co. – Alhambra, CA (Boiler Room ONLY) | 1/1/1960 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Cal Mart – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1973 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| California Portland Cement Co. – Mojave, CA | 2/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Commission Federal de Electricidad – Rosarita, BC, Mexico | 7/1/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Court House – Las Vegas, NV | 2/1/1959 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Douglas Aircraft (aka McDonnell Douglas) – Huntington Beach, CA | 1/1/1963 | 12/31/1979 | L |
| Ducommun Metal & Supply Co. – Vernon, CA | 3/11/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Farmer John (cold Storage Room Only) — Vernon, CA | 1/1/1967 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Fashion Mall – Newport Beach, CA (Boiler room ONLY) | 1/1/1967 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Fire Station 107 – Northridge, CA | 1/1/1963 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Fluor Corp. – Wilmington, CA | 3/30/1970 | 12/31/1979 | L |
| US Steel Power House – Fontana, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | S |
| Fred Antelline Co. – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1969 | S – Date Specific |
| Fred Antelline Co. – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1970 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Fremont Hotel – Las Vegas, NV | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Fullerton Junior College – Fullerton, CA | 1/1/1966 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Hall of Administration – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Hilton Hotel – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| J.W. Robinson’s – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| JC Penneys (Downey Mall) – Downey, CA | 1/1/1966 | 12/31/1969 | L – Date Specific |
| JC Penneys (Downey Mall) – Downey, CA | 1/1/1970 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Kraft Foods – Buena Park, CA | 1/1/1967 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Long Beach Auditorium – Long Beach, CA | 1/1/1960 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Long Beach College – Long Beach, CA | 1/1/1960 | 12/31/1979 | Low during built years and then Very Low |
| Main Telephone Building – Bakersfield, CA | 1/1/1957 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| N.A.P.P. Systems Building – San Marcos, CA | 1/1/1973 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Naval Ordnance Test Station – China Lake, CA | 1/1/1952 | 12/31/1961 | L – Date Specific |
| Naval Ordnance Test Station – China Lake, CA | 1/1/1962 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Northridge Hospital – Northridge, CA | 1/1/1960 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Occidental College – Occidental, CA | 1/1/1963 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Pabst Brewery – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1960 | 12/31/1965 | S – Date Specific |
| Pabst Brewery – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1966 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Pacific Air Regulation – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1959 | 12/31/1969 | S – Date Specific |
| Pacific Air Regulation – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1970 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Pacific Pump Co. – Huntington Park, CA | 1/1/1970 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Pacific Telephone – Van Nuys, CA | 1/1/1964 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Plant Insulation – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1957 | VH Only valid for these dates |
| Production Steel Company – Wilmington, CA | 6/1/1972 | 12/31/1979 | S |
| Pump Station – Van Nuys, CA | 1/1/1966 | 12/31/1967 | S – Date Specific |
| Pump Station – Van Nuys, CA | 1/1/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| R.C. Mahon Co./General Motors/Air Preheater Corp. – Van Nuys, CA | 6/1/1967 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Regional Medical Center – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1978 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| San Diego Pipe & Supply Co. – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1959 | 12/31/1969 | S – Date Specific |
| San Diego Pipe & Supply Co. – San Diego, CA | 1/1/1970 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Scott Co. of California, Central Utilities Bldg., University of California – La Jolla, CA | 7/10/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| South California Youth Center – Chino, CA | 11/19/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| State Plumbing & Heating – Hawthorne, CA | 12/1/1967 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Tehachapi Prison – Tehachapi, CA | 1/1/1967 | 12/31/1967 | L – Date Specific |
| Tehachapi Prison – Tehachapi, CA | 1/1/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| Temple Beth Hillel – North Hollywood, CA | 1/1/1963 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Thompson Ramo Woodridge, TRW – San Pedro, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1959 | S – Date Specific |
| Thompson Ramo Woodridge, TRW – San Pedro, CA | 1/1/1960 | 12/31/1979 | VL – Date Specific |
| U.S. Marine Corps Supply Center, SSB Receiving, Bldg. #157 | 1/31/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Union Bank – Los Angeles, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| University Mechanical – El Cajon, CA | 1/1/1956 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Valley Nitrogen Producers – El Centro, CA | 11/29/1967 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
| Whittaker Company – Long Beach, CA | 4/3/1968 | 12/31/1979 | VL |
Traditional Occupations List
Posted 09/26/2011
On September 15, 2011, the Trustees approved a Thorpe Insulation Traditional Occupations List. The claimant may still be required to establish exposure to Thorpe’s asbestos-containing products and the Trust may require additional information concerning the claimed exposure.
New Documents on Site
Posted 05/08/2011
The Second Amendment to and Complete Restatement of the TI Case Valuation Matrix and the Fifth Amendment to and Complete Restatement of the Thorpe Insulation Company Asbestos Settlement Trust Agreement have been posted to the Trust Documents section.
New Thorpe Site List
Posted 04/28/2011
On April 21, 2011 the Trustees, with the consent of the Futures Representative and the Trust Advisory Committee (Trust Fiduciaries), approved a Thorpe Insulation Site List to assist claimants in meeting their burden of establishing or characterizing exposure to Thorpe Products under the terms of the Case Valuation Matrix. (Matrix Section VII (b)) The list has been posted on the Trust Web site www.TIStrust.com. The claimant continues to be responsible to present information describing the circumstances of adequate exposure at a site identified on the list and the Trust will continue to consider all appropriate evidence of exposure. (Matrix VII (a)). The Trustees expect that the site list will continue to evolve as more information becomes available in the course of processing and liquidating claims. (“The Trust with consent of the TAC and Futures Representative may modify the list in light of additional evidence or experience with claims processing.” Matrix VII (b)) And notwithstanding the rating assigned a site on the list claimants may continue to “… submit additional evidence to … support of a higher exposure categorization in a particular case.” (Id.) Claimants electing to proceed directly against RTI in the tort system (TDP section 5.11) may not rely on the fact that a site has been listed on the Site List to prove exposure in the tort system unless evidence introduced by counsel selected by a carrier defending RTI makes it appropriate to do so. (The contours of this very limited exception will be described in amendments to the TDP yet to be published.) The Site List can also be found on the Claims Packet Page.
2010 Annual Report
Posted 04/27/2011
The 2010 Annual Report is now available on this site for download.
Notice
Posted 04/27/2011
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing on the motion to approve Thorpe Insulation Settlement Trust’s First Annual Report and Accounting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. before United States Bankruptcy Court Judge, the Honorable Sheri Bluebond, at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles Division, located at 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 in Courtroom 1475.
Declarations
Posted 04/05/2011
Pursuant to Section I(d) of the Matrix, the Trust may require additional information to assure that such evidence provided to the Trust is reliable. Therefore, any claim that is partially supported by a declaration to verify claimant’s presence at a site, asbestos exposure, and/or dates of exposure, or any other facts relevant to the claim must meet these requirements:
- The declaration must be written by a person who is competent to testify to the information stated in the declaration and the person must have direct knowledge of the factual information relevant to the claim.
- The declaration must provide sufficient background information to explain how the declarant acquired the direct knowledge of factual matters relevant to this claim, to allow the Trust to determine the credibility of the declarant.
- The declarant’s complete home address is to be part of the declaration.
- The declaration must be in the declarant’s own words and not boilerplate wording.
- The declaration must be accompanied by any documents (i.e. military records, social security records, etc) that the declarant relied upon in drafting his or her declaration. If no documents were relied upon in drafting the declaration, then the claimant must make a statement that he or she did not rely on any documents for the declaration. If the information was given to the person by someone other than the Injured Person, then the declaration must state who, when, and in what form the information was given.
- The declaration must be specific to the claim filed.
- The declaration must be signed under the penalty of perjury.
- The Trust may interview anyone who signs a declaration in support of a claim submitted to the Trust pursuant to Section I(d) of the Matrix.
Disclaimer: Nature and Source Documents
Posted 03/25/2011
The Thorpe Insulation Settlement Trust (Trust) invited all interested law firms to submit documents that the firms believed were relevant to contract work and/or products distributed by Thorpe Insulation Company (TIC). Some firms responded and provided documents which are posted on the Trust Web site. The Trust makes no representation at this time as to the significance, relevance, meaning, validity, and/or completeness of any of the posted documents. As firms provide further documents (which are not claim specific), those materials will be posted and/or access provided to those who wish to review the materials. Further, the Trust obtained some deposition transcripts. A list of those transcripts is posted with the name and contact information of the court reporter. The Trust makes no representation at this time as to the significance, relevance, meaning, validity, and/ or completeness of any of the transcripts listed.In addition, the Trust received documents attached as exhibits to deposition transcripts. Some of the exhibits were medical records, social security records, military records, other personal information, and answers to interrogatories, none of which will be posted. Other exhibits are posted referencing the transcript to which the exhibit was attached. The Trust makes no representation at this time as to the significance, relevance, meaning, validity, and/or completeness of any of the posted exhibits. The exhibits are posted as they were received by the Trust and may be missing cover sheets, certain pages, and other materials that were or may have been included with the original document.
If in the future TIC related documents are provided to the Trust, notice of those documents will also be posted on the Web site, and access will be provided to those who wish to review those documents. Any and all expenses required to review such documents or any other TIC materials the Trust has in its possession will be borne by the requesting party.
To view and download these documents, please visit the Nature and Source Documents Library
Resolution
Posted 03/03/2011
RESOLVED that the Trustees, in agreement with the TAC and Futures Representative, do hereby amend the Thorpe Insulation Settlement Trust Case Valuation Matrix Section IV (vii) as follows:
vii. Medical Causation. The following adjustments apply to Injured Persons who have different smoking histories and/or medical findings than those described for the base Other Cancer case. In no event can any of the adjustments listed below be combined for an overall causation adjustment in excess of 3.0 OCA.
| Causation Information | Data |
| Pathological diagnosis of asbestosis, or occupational levels of asbestos bodies or asbestos fibers in lung tissue | 2.0 OCA |
| Clinical diagnosis of asbestosis (in absence of pathological diagnosis) | 1.5 OCA |
| For laryngeal, esophageal, kidney other cancer, the following additional adjustments shall be applied: | Data |
| No radiographic evidence of asbestos exposure and no Increased fiber burden as a marker of asbestos exposure | .25 OCA |
| Lifetime non-smoker | 2.0 OCA |
| 1-20 pack-years of smoking | 1.2 OCA |
| Over 80 pack-years of smoking | .6 OCA |
| Diagnosis over 10 years since Injured Person quit smoking | 1.2 OCA |
| Diagnosis over 15 years since Injured Person quit smoking | 1.5 OCA |
Update on Identification of Thorpe Insulation Settlement Trust Exposure Sites
Posted 02/25/2011
Trust Distribution Procedures Section 6.2 and the Case Valuation Matrix Section I.(d.) and Section VII, require that claims submitted to the Trust have appropriate supporting documents to prove exposure to Thorpe Insulation products or work performed. The Trust may require the submission of additional supporting documentation for any claim that has been submitted to the Trust.
While the Trust continues its work (see the copy of the Trust’s notice of November 30, 2010 reproduced below) identifying sites, dates, and ratings where Thorpe Insulation was present and where asbestos exposure would have occurred, it will make available the following information (in the next few weeks) on its Web site:
- a list of the depositions the Trust has been reviewing (including the name of the court reporter, (when available), as well as the name of the deponent, date (s) of the deposition, and matter in which the deposition was given) to any requesting firm; and
- a link on its Web site (www.TIStrust.com) to other materials (e.g., receipts, work orders, etc.) the Trust has in its possession and is utilizing in the course of this investigation.
The Trust will also maintain hard copies of all of these documents for public viewing at its offices. Due to copyright issues, the Trust cannot publish deposition transcripts on the Trust Web site. Please contact the Trust if you wish to set up a time to review the documents.
Notice Regarding Court Authorized Option for Claimants
Posted 02/22/2011
The Trust is in the process of considering claims handling procedures to be applied to Trust Claims covered by insurance Policies Issued by Non-Settling Insurers pursuant to TDP Section 5.11, and the Plan of Reorganization Section 5.1.6 and Exhibit C thereto, which, among other things and consistent with the TDP, permit tort system prosecution of claims covered by these policies.