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Welcome to
The H. K. Porter Asbestos Trust
NOTICE TO PERSONS FILING CLAIMS WITH THE
H. K. PORTER ASBESTOS TRUST
Effective July 23, 2008 the H. K. Porter
Asbestos Trust will resume accepting asbestos
personal injury claims for processing.
The Trust will
continue to follow the original Asbestos Claims
Resolution Procedures, for receiving, reviewing
and paying claims. However, law firm filers now
will also have the option of filing their claims
online using the Trust’s new online filing
system provided by Verus.
Instructions for
using the new online filing system – along with
the Electronic Filing Agreement, claim form and
other related claims materials – are available
for download from the
Resources page
of this website. As an alternative to
downloading this information from the website,
you may also request these documents or
additional information by contacting the claims
administrator at the address shown on the
Contact Us page.
In order to gain
access to the online filing system, each law
firm must provide Verus with a newly executed
Electronic Filing Agreement for H. K. Porter. In
addition to the Electronic Filing Agreement,
Verus will also need the full name and email
address of the firm’s designated administrator
for use of the electronic filing system. Each
firm’s administrator will be provided with a
user account and will have the ability to create
and manage additional user accounts as needed by
the law firm.
Even
if you are already familiar with the online
filing system used by other trusts administered
by Verus, please also read the H. K. Porter
Asbestos Trust Online Filing User’s Guide
available for download on the
Resources page.
For an online tutorial on the use of the
system, please contact us and we will arrange a
mutually agreeable time for a web-based
demonstration.
The
Trust strongly encourages using the online
system for all filings, deficiency responses and
return of signed releases going forward. Given
the anticipated volume of requests for access to
the system, we expect that requested accounts
may take several days to create. Thank you in
advance for your patience.
Firms
who decide to not use electronic filing will
need to execute an Affirmation from Law Firms
not Executing Electronic Filing Agreement.
Before submitting claims on behalf of
representatives of the injured party, they must
also execute a Representative Claim
Indemnification.
Questions may be directed to:
Verus
Claims Services:
Dan Myer at 609-466-0427 (ext. 106) or
dmyer@verusllc.com
Mark Eveland at 609-466-0427 (ext. 106) or
meveland@verusllc.com
The H. K. Porter Asbestos
Trust:
Richard Beran, Director at
RBeran@gleason-cpa.com
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