CLAIMANTS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Dow Corning Breast Implant / Bankruptcy Settlement

Volume 18, No. 4, May 25, 2021

 

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CAC Sybil Niden Goldrich

P.O. Box 665 Ernest Hornsby, Esq.

St. Marys, OH 45885 Dianna Pendleton-Dominguez, Esq.

 

 

This is the 175th e-newsletter (Vol. 18, No. 4) 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.

 

SETTLEMENT FACILITY WELCOMES A NEW CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR AND SPECIAL MASTER FOR CLOSING

Effective March 1, 2021, the District Court appointed Claims Operation Manager Kimberly D. Smith-Mair as the successor Claims Administrator. In addition, the District Court appointed the Honorable Nancy Blount, a former Chief Judge of the 36th District Court in Michigan, as the Special Master for Closing. Ms. Smith-Mair and Judge Blount will also be members of the 3-person Finance Committee, which is charged with oversight of claims processing and the Settlement Facility. We welcome both of them to their new roles and look forward to working with them.

 

NO UPDATE ON PREMIUM PAYMENT MOTION

The Court has not issued any ruling on the motion seeking authorization to pay the remaining Premium Payments. We do not know when the court may rule. We will post any updates on our website (www.tortcomm.org) and on Facebook.

 

SF-DCT CONTINUES PROCESSING AND PAYING CLAIMS

The Settlement Facility continues to review disease and increased severity claims filed by the June 3, 2019 deadline. They are close to completing all of these reviews. Since June 2004, the Settlement Facility has approved and issued payments totaling $1.495 billion for 192,292 approved claims.

 

4/30/2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCLUDES NOI PAYMENTS (DOES NOT INCLUDE STALE CHECKS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RUPTURE

RUPTURE PREMIUM

EXPLANT

INCREASED EXPLANT

EXPLANT ASSISTANCE (EAP)

EXPEDITED

DISEASE

DISEASE - INCREASED

DISEASE PREMIUM

MEDICAL CONDITIONS (IFBR, TMJ, IMPLANT FAILURE)

OTHER PRODUCTS PREMIUM PAYMENT

TOTAL

CLASS 5

$431,013,011.16

$47,342,644.94

$146,981,125.49

N/A

$4,334,900.00

$50,234,803.23

$647,706,700.33

$2,642,250.00

$59,252,840.91

N/A

N/A

$1,389,508,276.06

CLASS 6.1

$14,316,750.51

$1,573,500.00

$4,623,969.90

N/A

$12,000.00

$3,508,907.78

$10,628,718.48

$51,000.00

$813,550.00

N/A

N/A

$35,528,396.67

CLASS 6.2

$3,731,000.00

$97,125.00

$260,250.00

$1,335,000.00

$15,000.00

$247,100.00

$4,578,350.00

$12,250.00

$60,900.00

N/A

N/A

$10,336,975.00

CLASS 6.2 2

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

$199,000.00

N/A

 

 

N/A

N/A

$199,000.00

CLASS 6.2 3

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

$540,000.00

N/A

 

 

N/A

N/A

$540,000.00

CLASS 7

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

$25,580,086.33

$13,558,274.69

 

 

N/A

N/A

$39,138,361.02

CLASS 9

$130,000.00

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

$1,765,145.10

N/A

 

 

$2,866,500.00

$14,215,000.00

$18,976,645.10

CLASS 10.2 / 10.2

$6,000.00

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

$156,450.00

N/A

 

 

$224,125.00

$1,050,875.00

$1,437,450.00

TOTAL

$449,196,761.67

$49,013,269.94

$151,865,345.39

$1,335,000.00

$4,361,900.00

$82,231,492.44

$676,472,043.50

$2,705,500.00

$60,127,290.91

$3,090,625.00

$15,265,875.00

$1,495,665,103.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RUPTURE

RUPTURE PREMIUM

EXPLANT

INCREASED EXPLANT

EXPLANT ASSISTANCE (EAP)

EXPEDITED

DISEASE

DISEASE - INCREASED

DISEASE PREMIUM

MEDICAL CONDITIONS (IFBR, TMJ, IMPLANT FAILURE)

OTHER PRODUCTS PREMIUM PAYMENT

TOTAL

CLASS 5

21,698

19,035

29,704

N/A

866

25,387

30,753

149

27,378

N/A

N/A

154,970

CLASS 6.1

1,198

1,049

1,559

N/A

4

2,936

1,157

5

763

N/A

N/A

8,671

CLASS 6.2

533

111

143

445

5

353

1,185

2

116

N/A

N/A

2,893

CLASS 6.2 2

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

167

N/A

 

 

N/A

N/A

167

CLASS 6.2 3

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

900

N/A

 

 

N/A

N/A

900

CLASS 7

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

19,820

1,712

 

 

N/A

N/A

21,532

CLASS 9

26

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

1,766

N/A

 

 

476

498

2,766

CLASS 10.2 / 10.2

2

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

262

N/A

 

 

65

64

393

TOTAL

23,457

20,195

31,406

445

875

51,591

34,807

156

28,257

541

562

192,292

 

 

REMINDER: CHECK THE LIST OF CLAIMS NUMBER IN CLOSING ORDER 3 TO SEE IF IT APPLIES TO YOUR CLAIM – PLEASE REVIEW!

On March 25, 2021, the District Court entered Closing Order 3 which addresses how certain claims will be handled, including possibly permanently dismissed. Please review Closing Order 3 carefully (a copy is on the CAC website www.tortcomm.org under Court Orders, AND it is available on the SF-DCT website www.sfdct.com). Closing Order 3 applies only to the 381 claim numbers listed in the Order.

-       These claimants – who are listed by the SID numbers in the attachment – must respond to the Court's Closing Order 3 on or before June 30, 2021 by contacting the SF-DCT directly. They can do so either in writing by letter, by email to info@sfdct.com, and by phone call to 866-874-6099. Letters can be mailed to: SF-DCT, PO Box 52429, Houston, TX 77052-2429 and must be postmarked on or before June 30, 2021.

-       If the SF-DCT does not receive a response from the claimant or her attorney of record on or before June 30, 2021, then the claim will be permanently barred and denied. This means that the claim will no longer be eligible for payments to the claimant.

Please check the SID numbers listed on the SFDCT website and the CAC website to see if your claim number is listed. If it is, YOU MUST TAKE ACTION ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30, 2021 AND CONTACT THE SF-DCT. DO NOT CONTACT THE CAC. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS NEWSLETTER. YOU MUST CONTACT THE SF-DCT DIRECTLY.

If your claim number is NOT listed, then your claim is not affected by this order. Continue to keep in contact with the SF-DCT on a regular basis by sending them an email with your current address and/or by calling them. This will help expedite any payments that are approved.

 

 

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