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You've been diagnosed with mesothelioma and you've learned that some or all of the companies
that were responsible for exposing you to asbestos have gone bankrupt. What do you do?
Hi. I'm Joe Williams. I'm a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City. And I can tell
you that in every mesothelioma case that we handle there are two claims. One is against
all those companies that are still in business -- who are viable, still conducting business.
And we bring a civil lawsuit against them related to their liability to our client for
causing our client's mesothelioma. The second type of claim is administrative claims involving
the bankruptcy trusts that have been set up by all of those companies that have declared
bankruptcy over the past decades in order to avoid the civil liabilities associated
with these lawsuits related to mesothelioma and asbestos. So how are those claims filed?
Well we elicit exposure information from our clients regarding their exposure to the products
made by these bankrupt companies. When then take that exposure information and we submit
it to the trusts that have been set up and the trust reviews the evidence and the exposure
information that was submitted. It's important to remember that these trusts were set up
because these companies, these corporations, declared bankruptcy and the bankruptcy court
required them to set aside a lot of money -- in some circumstances, many millions of
dollars -- to pay off future claimants for their potential future disease including mesothelioma.
And our clients make claims against that trust fund money. The trust reviews the claims and
evaluates the claims and the trust pays out claims pursuant to a schedule, which in large
part is determined by the disease but there are other factors as well. Now I'm sure you
have many more questions about the process of filing claims against bankrupt entities
and making claims against the bankruptcy trusts as they relate to victims of asbestos exposure.
At our office, we handle cases every day for victims of asbestos exposure. We represent
mesothelioma victims every day. I'm Joe Williams. Our office number is listed below. I encourage
you to give us a call and we'll answer your questions. Thank you.