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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: H.B. 403 (2016)
Enacts transparency requirements with respect to asbestos bankruptcy trust claims in civil asbestos actions by requiring the plaintiff to provide spec...
Utah
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Asbestos Litigation Reform: HB 292 (2004)
Established minimum medical requirements (based on AMA guide to the evaluation of permanent impairment) for filing asbestos claims. Specified plain...
Ohio
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Asbestos Trust Fund Transparency: A.B. 19 (2014)
Provides transparency and prevent fraud in lawsuits involving personal injury trusts   by creating certain discovery requirements during litigation.  ...
Wisconsin
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Asbestos Trust Fund Transparency: AB 19 (2014)
Provides transparency and prevent fraud in lawsuits involving personal injury trusts by creating certain discovery requirements during litigation.  Th...
Wisconsin
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: H.B. 1492 (2015)
Texas
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: H.B. 2603 (2015)
Provides for additional notice requirements in an asbestos personal injury claim, as well as certain transparency requirements for asbestos trust clai...
Arizona
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: S.B. 2062 (2016)
Pertains to asbestos bankruptcy trust claims transparency, asbestos medical criteria requirements, and several asbestos-related tort reforms including...
Tennessee
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Asbestos Trust Transparency: S.B. 411 (2015)

Creates the Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act and Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act.

West Virginia
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Asbestos/Silica Litigation Reform: HB 1019 (2005)
Established minimum medical criteria, based on American Medical Association recommendations, for filing asbestos and silica claims. Revised statute of...
Florida
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Asbestos/Silica Litigation Reform: HB 416 (2005)
Established minimum medical criteria (based on AMA guide to the evaluation of permanent impairment) for the filing of asbestos and silica claims and e...
Georgia
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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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The Junk Science Playbook
The Machine That Sparks and Supports Mass Tort Litigation Introduction and Executive Summary Mass 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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Foor v. Alabama
(Ala., Filed December 12, 2025): Arguing that allowing the circuit court’s so-called “sharing protective order” to stand would make Alabama a signifi...
Alabama
  • Court Ruled Against ATRA's Position iconCourt Ruled Against ATRA's Position
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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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