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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 Litigation Reform: S.B. 80 (2004)
In tort actions, limited the liability for certain successors in tort actions to the value of the             acquired company on the effective date o...
Ohio
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Asbestos Overnaming – S.B. 1157
Provides that within 45 days of filing an asbestos action, a plaintiff shall file a sworn statement specifying the facts that provide the basis for ea...
Arizona
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: H.B. 2457 (2018)
Enacts the Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act (Act), which shall apply to all asbestos claims (as defined in the Silica and Asbestos Claims Act) f...
Kansas
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: H.B. 5456 (2018)
Enacts the “Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act.  Requires a plaintiff, at least    180 days before the initial date set for the t...
Michigan
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: S.B. 45 (2019)
Creates the Asbestos Exposure Transparency Act and requires a plaintiff in an asbestos action to file a sworn statement disclosing information regardi...
Alabama
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: S.B. 470 (2018)
Requires a plaintiff to file a sworn statement within 30 days of filing a personal injury claim indicating that an investigation of all bankruptcy tru...
North Carolina
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Asbestos/Silica Claims: S.B. 14 (2013)
Enacts the asbestos & silica exposure liability protection sought for many years; and, also enacts reforms needed to protect successor companies w...
Oklahoma
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Asbestos/Silica Litigation Reform: S.B. 15 (2005)
Established medical criteria for all pending and future asbestos claims, including a requirement that all claimants submit a qualifying medical report...
Texas
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Asbestos/Silica Litigation Reform: S.B. 512 (2006)

Established minimum medical criteria for the filing of asbestos and silica claims.

Kansas
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Asbestos Inactive Docket: HB 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 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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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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Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
(U.S., filed September 12, 2025): Arguing that the Louisiana coastal litigation proves the importance of federal officer removal.  The Government law...
SCOTUS
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Suncor Energy Inc., et. al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et. al.
(U.S., filed September 12, 2025): Urging the Court to grant the petition for certiari.  Arguing that global climate change is not traditional st...
SCOTUS
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Sommerville v. Union Carbide and Covestro LLC
(4th Circ., filed September 9, 2025): Supporting rehearing en banc. Arguing that Article III standing requires an injury that is concrete and particu...
4th Circuit
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Ortiz v. Daimler Trucks North America LLC
(CA., filed September 4, 2025): Urging the court to review the lower court’s decision because in combination with the decision in Gilead, it threaten...
California
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