CLAIMANTS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE E-NEWSLETTER

Volume 7, No. 8, October 18, 2010

Contact the CAC at: info@tortcomm.org or

phone: (419) 394-0717

fax: (419) 394-1748

Sybil Niden Goldrich

Ernest Hornsby, Esq

Dianna Pendleton-Dominguez, Esq.

 

This is the 76th e-newsletter (Vol. 7, No. 8) from the Claimants' Advisory Committee (CAC) in the Dow Corning bankruptcy Settlement Plan. You were sent a copy of the newsletter because our records show that you requested to be on the mailing list. If you wish to unsubscribe, click here or to reply to this newsletter, send an email to: info@tortcomm.org. Please do not hit "Reply" to this email address. Please use the email address: info@tortcomm.org.

 

Requests for copies of claim forms or inquiries about the status of a claim should be directed to the Settlement Facility at info@sfdct.com or 866-874-6099. The Claimants' Advisory Committee does not have access to individual claimant files to answer these kinds of questions.

 

STATUS OF PREMIUM PAYMENTS

 

The Finance Committee has decided, due to uncertainties that they believe may have an impact on the Settlement Fund, that Premium Payments should not be distributed at this time. Instead, they have postponed the decision and recommend a schedule be set to review the data and uncertainties so that they can report to the Court by June 15, 2011.

 

Some of the uncertainties cited by the Finance Committee include what impact the closing of the MDL 926 Settlement Fund in December 2010 might have on the Dow Corning Settlement Fund, the two pending appeals before the Court of Appeals on Disability A and tissue expanders, and the motion on whether claimants, not Dow Corning, get the benefit of interest earned on the Initial Payment (the so-called "time value credit" motion). The latter motion is pending before the District Court Judge.

 

We are, like you, deeply disappointed about this and disagree with the Finance Committee's decision. We believe that the analysis of data from the settlement and the MDL 926 Settlement clearly show that the Dow Corning Settlement Fund has adequate funds to pay Premium Payments now and assure that sufficient funds will be available to make Base Payments in the future. We will contine to devote our efforts to get the payments that were bargained for and agreed to in the Joint Plan approved and paid to you as soon as possible.

 

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Claimants' Advisory Committee

P.O. Box 665

St. Marys, Ohio 45885

Phone Number: (419) 394-0717

Fax Number: (419) 394-1748

Email: info@tortcomm.org

 

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