Published on: June 3, 2024

Notice to All Asbestos Trust Fiduciaries – “Prudence Requires” All Asbestos Trusts Suspend Simmons Hanly Conroy

If I don’t provide notice to Asbestos Trust Fiduciaries and the Department of Justice of Massive Fraud – They Will Conceal It from the U.S. Attorney and U.S. Trustee and Department of Justice…so here some notice of massive Trust Fraud…

Asbestos Trust Fiduciaries,

Please confirm that the Asbestos Trusts in which you are Trustees/Trust Counsel/Fiduciaries (Trust Lists Attached) have suspended the Law Firm of Simmons Hanly Conroy from the Trusts and that no further offers or payments will be remitted to Simmons Hanly Conroy as of May 22, 2024.

Published on: November 17, 2023

Asbestos Bankrupt Companies and Trust Funds – List of Companies Paying Asbestos Victims

by Asbestos Legal Center

Asbestos Trust Funds – Bankrupt Asbestos Companies

Due to the overwhelming number of lawsuits filed against asbestos manufacturers, many manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of raw asbestos and asbestos-containing products have set aside over $30,000,000,000 ($30 Billion) in trust funds for victims of asbestos diseases (mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis, other cancers). Many of these companies are listed below in addition to sites where the products were potentially used.

The Asbestos Legal Center specializes in filing claims with these numerous Asbestos Trust Funds. In the past 5 years alone, we have recovered over 40 million dollars from these funds for victims of asbestos-related diseases. Please contact us if you think you may have claims with any of the companies below.

BANKRUPT ASBESTOS COMPANY	PRODUCTS / TYPE OF WORK	PAYMENT %	OTHER FILING NOTES
A & I Insulation	Insulations	100%	WV, KY, Ohio
A.P.I., Inc.	Insulation/Contracting	30%	No Site List – Minnesota/ND exposures
A-Best	Insulation	21%	Mostly Ohio, but also KY, MI and a number of other states
AC & S	Insulation/contracting	5.78%	Hundreds of additional CA sites given to Trust to review
Amatex	Asbestos Cloth and related	Trust Closed	File in Military, Shipyard, Power Plant, Industrial etc..
Armstong World Industries	Insulation/Floor Tile Products	26%	Ships only in MD – Other Shipyards on List – Long Beach
ARTRA (synkoloid)	Synkoloid-list of products on the website	0.5%	Have Living Clients sign dec indicating synko exposure
ASARCO, LLC	Fiber Supply – LAQ	35%	Exclusive Supplier to Garlock (1960’s) and OCF (Kaylo 20) – Celotex too
Babcock and Wilcox	Boilers – Refractories	8.8%	Don’t rely solely on site list – many other sites qualify
Burns & Roe	Engineering	32%	Site List
C.E. Thurston	Insulation	50%	Hundreds of Sites/Ships not on list – see me – pays good in IR
Celotex	Various Insulation	7.7%	File most everything – Military, Shipyard, Industrial etc.
Chicago Fire Brick	Refractory – Firebrick	20%	Firebrick
Christy Refractories	Refractories – Related to HKP (?)	40%	Midwest refractory company – Related to H.K. Porter? See ads
Combustion Engineering	Boilers/Refractories	25%	Besides boilers, allege exposures to CE refractories/castables
Congoleum	Flooring – other	12.5%	Floor Tile Workers or with PID
Durodyne Asbestos Trust	Flexible Connectors	?	DOJ Issues
E.J. Bartels No Trust Website-Contact – Richard Hilfer (WA)	Insulation Supply/Installation	Trust Closed	Trust Closed – Money gone? – Most all Funds to Kazan and Brayton
Eagle Picher	Insulation – Mud – Eagle 66	28%	File in Military, Shipyard, Power Plant, Industrial etc..
Federal Mogul (T&N, FLX, FER)	Fiber/Insulation/Brakes	-TN – 8.5%; FMP- 6.9%	TN=Limpet, Flexitallic, Ferodo (3 trusts); FMP = Fel-Pro/Vellumoid
Fibreboard	Insulation Products	6.7%	Any OCF on West Coast manufactured by Fibreboard – Decent site list
Flintkote	Many – flooring, fiber supply, more…	8%	Terrible Site List – No fiber supply sites despite documentation
Fuller-Austin Insulation Company Contact: Linda Harrell (903) 453-2160	Insulations	16.2%	3 years from Diagnosis/Death to file claims
George V. Hamilton Asbestos Trust	Insulation Supplier – PA, WV, Ohio	15%	Insulation Supplier PA, OH, WV (see site list)
GI Holdings/GAF	Many – flooring, roofing, more…	7.4%	Ruberoid, GAF Floor Tiles, Calsilite (website has a list of products)
Haliburton/Dresser	Various Entities-Note – this is 2 Trusts	60%	2 Trusts – HW and Non-HW-Need good Decs-Lots of Sites
Hercules Asbestos Trust	East Cost – New Jersey – asbestos cement	4.7%	$15 filing fee
HK Porter	Asbestos Cloth and related	3%	File in Military, Shipyard, Power Plant, Industrial etc..
J.T. Thorpe, Company	Insulation/Refractory/Boiler Contractor	23%	Primarily Texas, but aslo LA, AR, KY, OK, CA and others
J.T. Thorpe, Inc.	Refractory/Boiler Contractor	30%	Boiler contractor – primarily CA – 25 other states
Johns Manville	Everything	5%	World’s Biggest Asbestos Company
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical	Refractories-Kaiser Shipyard Ships	25%	1000 Qualifying Ships not on Site Lists
Keene	Asbestos Cement	0.8%	File in Military, Shipyard, Power Plant, Industrial etc..
Leslie Controls	Valves – Boiler Trim Valves – Others too	5%	Below Deck Navy – Other Industrial sites if living
Lummus	Heaters – Refineries	14.7%	2 possibilities – Feedwater and Non-feedwater claims
Maremont	Vehicle Related	29.1%	Grizzly and Maremont brake lings and clutch facings
Metex	Kentile Flooring	8.3%	Flooring – Construction
Motors Liquidation Company	Brakes/Cloth	18.7%	Not just brakes…..Railroad!, Ships (w/ID), and many others – General Motors…
NARCO/Honeywell	Refractory Cement-boiler products	100%	Narcolite – or Staz on; Valuable but nearly impossible to pass
National Gypsum	Drywall Related/Some Ships/Rockwool	40%	Get good “Gold Bond” affidavit for drywall/construction
Owens-Corning	Insulation Products	7.8%	Huge Insulation Company
Pacor, Inc./Pacor Material Supply Co.	Insulation – PA – part of JM Trust	6.0%	PA exposures – NJ Shipbuilding
Pittsburgh Corning	Insulation	30.1%	Unibestos Pipe Covering and Block – Weak site list
Plant Insulation	Insulation – Pipe and block – PABCO primarily	11.5%	Must file claims w/in 1 year of Date of Death unless exceptions – California(+) – Weak Site list
Plibrico	Refractory	1.36%	Trust Funds Depleted at Inception – Payments way down
Porter Hayden	Insulation Supply/Installation	3%	MD/VA Mostly
Quigley	Cement – Fiber-insulag/Panelag	3.6%	Refractories – Insulag/Panelag – NO SITE LIST
Raytech	Brakes/Cloth	0.84%	Use Declarations or Affidavits – Navy and Brake exposure presumed (mostly)
Shook & Fletcher Insulation Company	Boiler/Insulation Work – About 10 States	50%	Must file w/in 3 years of diagnosis – Thousands of Ships qualify individuals – not on list
Swan Island/Tyler Pipe Contact: Joyce Rutter (903) 453-2160 ext. 176	Tyler Texas Pipe Claims Only	?	Must work in the Unibestos facility – Tyler, TX; no secondary exposure claims; 1 year exposure required of which 1 day must be between 12/31/73-12/31/92; 3 year dodeath statute; no statute for living maligs
TH Agriculture & Nutrition, LLC (THAN)	Fiber supply to many drywall companies	Payment percetage 30%	Bondex – Kelly Moore Exposure
Thorpe Insulation Co.	Insulation supplier and contractor	51.8%	Estimate over 400 million – JM Insulation – Southern California
U.S. Mineral Products Company	Fireproofing	Payment Percetage 14%	Site List – Fireproofing
UNR	Fiber Supply –	Trust Closed	Trust Closed – Fiduciary waste….
USG / A.P. Green	Drywall Related/AP Green Refractories	19.2%	Sham Site List. Doesn’t pay APG claims after 1968 and should (USG bought them)
Utex Industries Contact: Kim Hodges (903) 453-2160 ext. 194	Gasket/Rope/Packing	5%	Texas Drilling exposure
W.R. Grace	Fireproofing-vermiculite etc…	26%	Primarily Fireproofiting sites
Western Asbestos Trust	Various Insulation Supply/Contracting	51.1%	Most Valuable Trust in the Country – Nationwide -Must file claims w/in 1 year of Date of Death unless exceptions
State Insulation Corp Asbestos P.I. Trust	Insulation Contractor/Supplier	1%	New Jersey Insulation Products Distributor
Oakfabco Liquidating Trust	Kewanee Boilers	None – Liquidating Trust	No Site List (despite thousands of Kewanee Boiler sites known to Fiduciaries)
Garlock Sealing Technologies	Garlock Gaskets – Packing	Too low	No Site List (despite Fiduciaries settling thousands of cases for known sites)
Brauer Supply Company	Insulation Supply – Missouri, IL	5.5%	About 20 sites on site list – but some decent
Yarway Asbestos Trust	Steam Traps – Valves (Navy – Power Plant etc..)	Payment percentgage 25%	Yarway Steam Traps

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Published on: January 6, 2023

Steven Kazan Caught Concealing Expert Evidence in Mesothelioma Cases Unfavorable to His Clients — Furthers Expert Perjury

by Asbestos Legal Center

January 6, 2023

Steven Kazan – The Most Corrupt Asbestos Lawyer in America – NARCO Trust Fund Thief cost Asbestos Victims over $1B

Steve Kazan is well known around the Country as “The Most Corrupt Lawyer in America”. This largely stems from his criminal theft and breach of fiduciary duty relating Asbestos Trust Funds (over $2B). But now we know his Law Firm (Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood) also CONCEALS EXPERT EVIDENCE (tissue analysis) is Mesothelioma Lawsuits to further his fraud. And he got caught!!

Published on: April 22, 2022

Texas’ Most Corrupt Law Firm – Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka (Asbestos) – Insider Dealing/Criminal Breach of Fiduciary Duties Costing Asbestos Victims Billions!

by Asbestos Legal Center

Texas’ Most Corrupt Law Firm – Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka (Asbestos) – Insider Dealing/Criminal Breach of Fiduciary Duties Costing Asbestos Victims Billions!

You know the saying “Everything is Bigger in Texas…” With one Texas Law Firm, Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, so is the corruption!!

It’s real easy to anoint Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka as Texas’ Most Corrupt Law Firm due to their Criminal Conduct/Corruption in Asbestos Litigation.

Published on: December 9, 2021

Ankura Consulting LLC – Fired from Asbestos Trusts (Fraud) – Sham Audits…. The “Chips” are falling….

by Asbestos Legal Center

Ankura Consulting LLC – Fired from the Verus Asbestos Trusts (for conducting Sham Audits)

The chips are falling… Ankura Consulting LLC (Washington D.C.’s “Most Corrupt Company”) was FIRED from working for the Verus Asbestos Trusts! Why? No doubt for conducting “sham audits” of asbestos claims, insider dealing with Trust Advisory Committee members, and the excessive misappropriation of Asbestos Trust Funds (millions…).

There could not be a more corrupt company in Washington D.C. than Ankura Consulting LLC! Here are some details of Ankura’s corruption/criminal conduct over the past few years:

Published on: October 21, 2021

Just Released! The Most Corrupt Lawyers in America 2021 (Asbestos Litigation) – Steven Kazan Tops the Corrupt Lawyer List Again!

by Asbestos Legal Center

Just Released!

The Most Corrupt Lawyers in America 2021 (Asbestos Litigation) –

America’s Top 10 Corrupt Lawyers – (Asbestos Litigation) – Bonus Members Too!!!

Published on: August 24, 2021

Thorpe Insulation Asbestos Settlement Trust Sued!! Medicare Fraud! Now 2 Lawsuits Filed Against these Corrupt Asbestos Trusts (www.jttstrust.com & www.tistrust.com)

by Asbestos Legal Center

Thorpe Insulation Asbestos Settlement Trust Sued!! Medicare Fraud! Now 2 Lawsuits Filed Against these Corrupt Asbestos Trusts (www.jttstrust.com & www.tistrust.com)

Insider Dealing, Concealment of Payments, Fraud (Eve Karasik – J.T. Thorpe, Inc.’s Corrupt Lawyer Involved!)…

It was just a matter of time before the Thorpe Insulation Asbestos Settlement Trust and the J.T. Thorpe, Inc. Asbestos Settlement Trust were sued. Just a matter of time…

Published on: July 13, 2021

J.T. Thorpe, Inc. Asbestos Trust Sued!! Medicare Fraud! – Insider Dealing, Concealment of Payments, Fraud (Eve Karasik – J.T. Thorpe, Inc.’s Corrupt Lawyer Involved!)…

by Asbestos Legal Center

J.T. Thorpe, Inc. Asbestos Trust Sued!! Medicare Fraud!

Insider Dealing, Concealment of Payments, Fraud (Eve Karasik – J.T. Thorpe, Inc.’s Corrupt Lawyer Involved!)…

Here’s a Copy of the Lawsuit:

Published on: March 25, 2021

“The Dirty 30” – 30 Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Lawyers Engaging in Fraud, Collusion, Breach of Trust, and Misappropriation of Trust Funds – Updated March 2021

by Asbestos Legal Center

“The Dirty 30”

30 Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Lawyers Engaging in Fraud, Collusion, Breach of Trust, and Misappropriation of Trust Funds

They are all guilty. Every one of them. Collusion, Breach of Trust, Theft of Trust Funds (Billions), Favoritism and Fraud….and that’s just a start.

Published on: December 7, 2020

Asbestos and Mesothelioma Law Firms that DO NOT Pay Referral Fees – DO NOT HIRE THESE MESOTHELIOMA LAW FIRMS!!

by Asbestos Legal Center

January 2021 –

Asbestos and Mesothelioma Law Firms that DO NOT Pay Referral Fees – DO NOT HIRE THESE LAW FIRMS!!

I’ve been in Asbestos Litigation as a Plaintiff Lawyer for 25 years. With any Law Firm you work with – “Trust” and “Honesty” are extremely important. As a Plaintiff lawyer – you expect dishonesty from Asbestos Defense lawyers. But not from Plaintiff lawyers. But as I’ve learned – there are a number of very dishonest Plaintiff’s Asbestos and Mesothelioma Law Firms that DO NOT pay referral fees. One has to wonder if these Law Firms ‘steal’ from Clients too…?