Part 3 how much will you receive from an asbestos trust?
Factors like the type of injury and the payment schedule founded by the trust may determine how much you will receive from a trust claim. There is a unique schedule for every asbestos bankruptcy trust which sets specific values to different types of asbestos diseases and of course there is greater compensation for certain kinds of illnesses and levels of severity. The values are determined depending on the compensation payments which the company made.
Most trusts now present a set percentage of their claims to asbestos victims because they do not have enough money to pay all present and future asbestos claims. The twenty six largest trusts pay anywhere from 1% to 99.9% of the amount of the claim. As of 2009, they offered to pay 26% of the claim amount. The compensation amount is limited to make sure that there is enough …show more content…
From the beginning of 2012, mesothelioma and asbestos trust funds have collected assets of $37 billion in sixty trusts. The 60 trusts have been established by companies who have filled for bankruptcy reorganization. However, these asbestos trust fund assets are not expected to be enough to pay for all future claims.
Trusts are established after strict estimation procedures to determine how much money will be saved to compensate all current and future claimants. Trusts also are managed under proceedings to ensure that the money will last long enough for all claimants who will be diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer in future which means that plaintiffs will be awarded a percentage of what they actually claim. Yet, companies can’t stay away from paying to compensate claimants who will be diagnosed with mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases in future. Since 1988, trusts have paid $18 billion for more than 4 million