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Annual Report
Posted 04/30/2026
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing on the motion to approve Western Asbestos Settlement
Trust’s Twenty-First Annual Report and Accounting is scheduled for Thursday, June 4, 2026 at
10:00 a.m. before United States Bankruptcy Court Judge, the Honorable Hannah L. Blumenstiel,
at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco
Division, located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 16th Floor, San Francisco, California 94102 in
Courtroom 19.
Indexed Base Case Values for Economic and Medical Loss
Posted 01/13/2026
The new indexed base case values for 2026 are as follows:
Economic Loss Base Case- $321,000
Medical Loss Base Case- $333,000
Assumed Future Medical Loss and Funeral Expenses- $124,876
Timing of Requests for Consideration at Trustees’ Meetings
Posted 01/13/2026
Any requests for revisions to Trust policies or procedures, physician certification,
modifications to an approved list, and/or Trust Distribution Procedures/Matrix
interpretations or questions to be considered during the Trustees’ meeting must be received
by the Trust on or before the deadline, listed below.
For requests to be considered at future Trustees’ meetings, the schedule is as follows:
Trustees’ Meeting Deadline for Requests
February 2026 Friday, January 16, 2026
April 2026 Friday, March 6, 2026
September 2026 Friday, August 7, 2026
November 2026 Friday, October 9, 2026