CLAIMANTS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE E-NEWSLETTER
Dow Corning Bankruptcy Settlement
Volume 11, No. 12, October 29, 2014
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 117th e-newsletter (Vol. 11, No. 12) 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. To contact the CAC, use the email address: info@tortcomm.org or dpend440@aol.com. You can also contact the CAC directly at 419-394-0717.
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BREAST IMPLANT RECIPIENT SURVEY
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the online survey about insurance coverage for breast implant problems that was conducted by Diana Zuckerman (see our last newsletter for more information about the survey). Your responses were most helpful. If you did not participate in the survey and would like to do so now, here is the information again. If you previously participated, you do not need need to respond again.
Survey by Diana Zuckerman:
Many women who receive this newsletter have found that getting insurance coverage for breast implant problems is difficult. Diana Zuckerman conducted the Congressional investigation of the potential risks of breast implants in 1990, and has been working to help women with implant problems ever since. She is now president of a nonprofit organization that is conducting a study hoping to help as many women as possible. A valuable part of the study is collecting information on this issue. She asks you to take a few minutes from your busy day to please answer these few quick questions.
This survey has only 10 very quick questions. Just click this link to complete the survey online:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KHCWGM8
STATUS OF PREMIUM PAYMENTS
The SF-DCT continues to issue partial Premium Payment checks to approved Rupture and Disease claimants in Classes 5, 6.1, and 6.2 (Dow Corning Breast Implant Claimants).
• Last month, they issued approximately 6,000 partial Premium Payment checks totaling almost $13 million.
• To date, the SF-DCT has paid out partial Premium Payments of $ 47,673, 459 for approximately 13,140 Rupture claims and 8,939 Disease claims.
• In the next 3 months, the SF-DCT will issue approximately 8,800+ Rupture and 21,210 Disease partial Premium Payments totaling approximately $62 million. Payments are expected to be completed in January 2015.
We realize that receiving your partial Premium Payment is very important to you; however, it is not helpful to call the SF-DCT or our office to ask when you will receive your check. This is a huge task and is being completed contemporaneously with normal claims processing and reviews. Please be patient.
If you are represented by an attorney, your check will be sent to your attorney.
Please remember to keep your contact information current with the SF-DCT, including any information about probate, attorney representation, and address / phone number / email address. Numerous claimants have an approved claim payment and/or partial Premium Payment that they could receive, but the SF-DCT cannot locate them. To date, almost 900 award letters for partial Premium Payments have been returned to the SFDCT because the claimant is no longer at the address she provided during the Address Verification process.
If you have any questions about your claim status (NOT a question about when you will receive your Premium Payment), please contact the SF-DCT directly at: info@sfdct.com.
STATUS OF OTHER ISSUES
CLASS 7 – The CAC hopes to file a motion with the Court by the end of this year that will allow for the remaining disputed claims in Class 7 and the approved Disease claims to be paid and the fund closed. We will ask for expedited treatment to allow payments to begin immediately upon approval.
CANADIAN ISSUES – We reported in earlier newsletters about a problem that was discovered regarding claims that were filed with the SF-DCT and potentially should have been filed with one of the Canadian settlement offices (Class 6A, 6B, or 6C). We are hopeful that we will soon reach a resolution with Dow Corning and the Ontario Class Counsel that will resolve this issue. We will continue to update everyone in our newsletter.
STATUS OF CLAIMS PROCESSING AND PAYMENTS
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CLASS 5, 6.1 AND 6.2 (DOW CORNING BREAST IMPLANT CLAIMS) |
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CLAIM CATEGORY |
NUMBER OF CLAIMS PAID THROUGH SEPT 30, 2014 |
PERCENTAGE OF CLAIMS APPROVED CLASS 5 | CLASS 6 |
TOTAL $$ PAID IN CATEGORY THROUGH SEPT 30, 2014 |
|
RUPTURE |
21,966 |
71% | 40% |
$ 422,677,52394 |
|
EXPLANT |
30,021 |
99% | 96% |
$ 143,350,236.91 |
|
EXPLANT ASSISTANCE |
816 |
88% | 91% |
$ 4,033,641.10 |
|
INCREASED EXPLANT (6.2 ONLY) |
306 |
N/A | 89% |
$ 918,000.00 |
|
EXPEDITED RELEASE |
25,023 |
92% | 88% |
$ 45,990,525.39 |
|
DISEASE OPTION 1 |
28,720 |
83% | 69% |
$ 423,258,823.34 |
|
DISEASE OPTION 2 |
1,478 |
31% | 23% |
$ 189,477,998.75 |
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TOTAL |
108,330 |
N/A |
$ 1,231,706,749.43 |
NOTICE OF INTENT CLAIMS PAYMENTS
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|
TOTAL FORMS FILED |
FORMS FILED WITH POM |
ACCEPTABLE POM |
APPROVED |
COMPLETE |
# CLAIMS PAID |
TOTAL AMT PAID |
|
RUPTURE |
1,945 |
1911 |
1,635 |
1,153 |
1,635 |
1,157 |
$21,382,374 |
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MEDICALLY CONTRAINDICATED |
18 |
16 |
15 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
EXPLANT |
1,685 |
1,663 |
1,288 |
1097 |
1,442 |
1,095 |
$5,327,368 |
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INCREASED EXPLANT |
292 |
292 |
285 |
99 |
285 |
112 |
336,000 |
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EAP |
119 |
115 |
211 |
40 |
45 |
36 |
$175,200 |
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TOTALS |
4,059 |
3,997 |
3,434 |
2,391 |
3,417 |
2,400 |
$27,220,941 |
TOTAL CLAIMS PAID FROM EFFECTIVE DATE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2014,
ALL CLASSES, ALL BENEFITS
|
9/30/2014 |
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INCLUDES NOI PAYMENTS (DOES NOT
INCLUDE STALE CHECKS) |
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RUPTURE |
EXPLANT |
INCREASED
EXPLANT |
EXPLANT
ASSISTANCE (EAP) |
EXPEDITED |
DISEASE |
MEDICAL
CONDITIONS (IFBR, TMJ, IMPLANT FAILURE) |
OTHER
PRODUCTS PREMIUM PAYMENT |
TOTAL |
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CLASS 5 |
$426,808,547.19 |
$146,009,834.71 |
N/A |
$4,181,841.10 |
$42,165,541.54 |
$601,645,053.61 |
N/A |
N/A |
$1,220,810,818.15 |
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CLASS 6.1 |
$14,049,750.51 |
$4,527,969.90 |
N/A |
$12,000.00 |
$3,128,643.85 |
$8,595,218.48 |
N/A |
N/A |
$30,313,582.74 |
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CLASS 6.2 |
$3,640,000.00 |
$248,000.00 |
$1,254,000.00 |
$15,000.00 |
$155,400.00 |
$2,496,550.00 |
N/A |
N/A |
$7,808,950.00 |
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CLASS 6.2 2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$118,600.00 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$118,600.00 |
|
CLASS 6.2 3 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$516,600.00 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$516,600.00 |
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CLASS 7 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$22,883,366.79 |
$0.00 |
N/A |
N/A |
$22,883,366.79 |
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CLASS 9 |
$130,000.00 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$1,762,145.10 |
N/A |
$2,866,500.00 |
$14,215,000.00 |
$18,973,645.10 |
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CLASS 10.2 / 10.2 |
$6,000.00 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$155,850.00 |
N/A |
$219,625.00 |
$1,050,875.00 |
$1,432,350.00 |
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TOTAL |
$444,634,297.70 |
$150,785,804.61 |
$1,254,000.00 |
$4,208,841.10 |
$70,886,147.28 |
$612,736,822.09 |
$3,086,125.00 |
$15,265,875.00 |
$1,302,857,912.78 |
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|
RUPTURE |
EXPLANT |
INCREASED
EXPLANT |
EXPLANT
ASSISTANCE (EAP) |
EXPEDITED |
DISEASE |
MEDICAL
CONDITIONS (IFBR, TMJ, IMPLANT FAILURE) |
|
TOTAL |
|
CLASS 5 |
21,485 |
29,506 |
N/A |
843 |
21,303 |
28,773 |
N/A |
N/A |
101,910 |
|
CLASS 6.1 |
1,174 |
1,527 |
N/A |
4 |
2,617 |
810 |
N/A |
N/A |
6,132 |
|
CLASS 6.2 |
520 |
136 |
418 |
5 |
222 |
615 |
N/A |
N/A |
1,916 |
|
CLASS 6.2 2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
100 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
100 |
|
CLASS 6.2 3 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
861 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
861 |
|
CLASS 7 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
13,910 |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
13,910 |
|
CLASS 9 |
26 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
1,763 |
N/A |
476 |
498 |
2,763 |
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CLASS 10.2 / 10.2 |
2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
261 |
N/A |
64 |
64 |
391 |
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TOTAL |
23,207 |
31,169 |
418 |
852 |
41,037 |
30,198 |
540 |
562 |
127,983 |
DEADLINE REMINDERS
Please mark your calendar with the following claim submission deadlines. Please note that these deadlines mean that your claim forms and materials must be received by the SF-DCT by the posted deadline. Please mail all forms early enough so that they are received by the deadline listed below.
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Deadline Date |
Type of Deadline |
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June 3, 2019 |
Disease or Expedited Release Claim submission deadline for all claims in Classes 5, 6.1 and 6.2 (this deadline does NOT apply to Late Claimants) |
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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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