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Asbestos and Asbestos Trust Transparency

Transparency in asbestos litigation is essential to ensure fair compensation for victims and prevent abuse of trust funds.

The Problem

Many asbestos lawsuits lack transparency, with claimants often filing against multiple trusts without disclosing this information in court. This can lead to inconsistent awards, double-dipping, and depletion of trust funds meant for future claimants.

ATRA’s Position

Require claimants to disclose all trust claims filed, ensuring fair compensation and protecting trust resources for future victims.

Search Through ATRA Reforms

Search through all of ATRA's reforms around Asbestos and Asbestos Trust Transparency
Asbestos & Silica Litigation Reform / Over-Naming – H.B. 2495
Provides that within 60 days of filing an asbestos or silica action, a plaintiff must file a sworn information form that specifies the evidence tha...
West Virginia
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Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims: S.B. 138 (2017)
Establishes guidelines for asbestos litigation. The plaintiff must provide the court and parties with a sworn statement signed by the plaintiff and th...
South Dakota
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Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Transparency Act – H.B. 1197
Requires disclosures by the plaintiff within thirty days of filing,   a defendant to file a motion requesting a stay of the proceedings, requires the ...
North Dakota
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Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Transparency Act – H.B. 1426
Creates a substantive right for defendants to obtain bankruptcy trust discovery. The plaintiff must provide the court and parties with a sworn stateme...
Mississippi
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Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Transparency: S.F. 376 (2017)
Requires plaintiffs to file and disclose all asbestos trust claims before proceeding to trial in any asbestos action, provide all parties with all tru...
Iowa
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Asbestos Inactive Docket: H.B. 1325 (2013)
Provides a mechanism for Texas asbestos and silica MDL courts to dismiss long dormant claims on the inactive docket enacted in 2005, while preserving ...
Texas
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Asbestos Liability Reform- Successor Liability: H.B. 4 (2003)
Provided that if a company with liability for mining or sale of asbestos-containing products was merged or acquired by a successor prior to May 13, 19...
Texas
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Asbestos Litigation Reform / Over-Naming
A plaintiff filing an asbestos action after July 1 must file, within 30 days of any complaint, an information form attested by plaintiff stating th...
Tennessee
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Asbestos Litigation Reform – H.B. 1207
Asbestos claimants will have to support their claims with a medical report signed by a treating physician demonstrating that the claimant has asbes...
North Dakota
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Asbestos Litigation Reform – H.B. 328
Address over-naming in asbestos cases and requires plaintiffs with nonmalignant conditions to demonstrate impairment pursuant to objective medical cri...
Utah
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Asbestos and Asbestos Trust Transparency News and Press

Explore ATRA's most recent press releases and blogs around Asbestos and Asbestos Trust Transparency

Judicial Overreach In South Carolina Asbestos Cases Draws National Scrutiny

Today, the American Tort Reform Foundation released its 2024-2025 “Judicia...
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ATRA Hails Alabama as ‘Tort Reform Trailblazer’ After Passing Crucial Asbestos Litigation Reform

Today, the American Tort Reform Association recognized Alabama as a “Tort ...
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South Carolina Grapples with No. 5 Spot in Judicial Hellholes® Ranking

South Carolina finds itself in the spotlight as the American Tort Reform F...
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Search Resources

Search through all of ATRA's Amicus Briefs, Reports, and Other Resources around Asbestos and Asbestos Trust Transparency
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Monsanto v. Durnell
(U.S., filed March 2, 2026): Arguing that requirements for herbicide labeling should not be made case-by-case in litigation sparked by a flawed IARC ...
SCOTUS
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Cowan v. Dr. Slann et.al.
(N.D., filed February 23, 2026): Arguing that reasonable limits on medical liability improve the health care system for doctors and patients and Nort...
North Dakota
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Oregon Local Legal Services Advertising 2021-2025
Trial lawyers and aggregators increasingly spend large sums of money on television, digital,and print advertising to recruit new clients. In 2025, it...
Oregon
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The Junk Science Playbook
The Machine That Sparks and Supports Mass Tort LitigationIntroduction and Executive SummaryMass tort litigation is a sprawling, profit-driven...
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Bio-Lab, Inc. v. Fannie Tartt et al.
(GA, filed January 20, 2026): Arguing that traditional tort law and persuasive decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous state high courts do ...
Georgia
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Sanctionable: The unsupported, exaggerated, and suspicious claims plaguing our nation’s courts
There is growing concern that many lawsuits filed in our nation’s courts are unsupported, involve manufactured or exaggerated injuries, or stem from ...
California, Florida, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania
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Lyon v. Riverside Methodist Hospital et. al.
(OH., filed October 7, 2025): Arguing that the Court should review the lower court’s decision because the Court should comprehensively address the co...
Ohio
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Atlas Turner, Inc. v. Welch
(U.S., filed September 22, 2025): Arguing the Court should review the use of receiverships by the South Carolina asbestos court.  The receivership pr...
SCOTUS
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Letter to House Judiciary Committee re: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Stone Slab Products Act
This letter was submitted on behalf of the American Tort Reform Association to express our support for H.R. 5437, the “Protection of Lawful Commerce ...
California
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Letter to DOJ re: RFI on State Laws Having Significant Adverse Effects on the National Economy or Interstate Commerce
Re: Request for Information on State Laws Having Significant Adverse Effects on the National Economy or Significant Adverse Effects on Interstate Com...
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