Pursuant to Section 4.1 of the H. K. Porter Company Inc. Asbestos Claims Resolution Procedures (“the CRP”), the Trust has recently completed a re-evaluation of the Payment Percentage.  As a result of this re-evaluation, the Trust – with the advice and consent of the Trust Advisory Committee – has decided to increase the Payment Percentage from 4.6% to 6.3%.

The Trust has also decided that this increase in the Payment Percentage is to be applied retroactively to all claims which were previously paid by the Trust.  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” posted on the Resources page of this website for further details.

Effective July 23, 2008 the H. K. Porter Asbestos Trust resumed 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. 1006) or dmyer@verusllc.com

Mark Eveland at 609-466-0427 (ext. 1004) or meveland@verusllc.com

The H. K. Porter Asbestos Trust:

                Richard Beran, Director at RBeran@gleason-cpa.com