SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
ABELN 275 279 325 327 330 331 332 340 341
345 346 347 350 351 352 353 354 356
359 360 361
ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TESTING 26
ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT 44
ALLOCATION TO RESPONDENTS 42
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS 47
APPLICATION 24
APPOINTMENT OF MEDIATOR 34
ARBITRATION BY SPECIAL AGREEMENT 36
ARMEY 13
ASBESTOS 47
ASBESTOS CLAIM 47
ASBESTOS TRUST 47
AUDIT COMMITTEE 19
AWARDS 37
BARR 260
BASIC REQUIREMENT OF ELIGIBLE MEDICAL CONDITION 40
BASILAR CRACKLES 48
BERMAN 235 237 239
BOARD 48
BOARD-CERTIFIED INTERNIST 48
BOARD-CERTIFIED ONCOLOGIST 48
BOARD-CERTIFIED PATHOLOGIST 48
BOARD-CERTIFIED PULMONARY SPECIALIST 48
BOARD-CERTIFIED RADIOLOGIST 48
BONILLA 13
BRADY 13
BURTON 13
BYLAWS 48
CALVERT 13
CANCER 49
CANNON 13 250 251 252 253 254 359 360 361
362 363
CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL ELIGIBILITY 49
CERTIFIED B-READER 49
CHABOT 232 233 234
CHEST X-RAYS 49
CIVIL ACTION 49
CLAIMANT 49
CLINICAL EVIDENCE OF ASBESTOSIS 50
COMPENSATION; EXPENSES 19
COMPENSATORY DAMAGES 50
CONFIDENTIALITY 34
CONSOLIDATIONS 38
CONTENTS OF APPLICATION 28
CONTRIBUTION RIGHTS RETAINED BY RESPONDENTS IN ADR 38
CONYERS 58 59 153 154 155 156 233 314 325
326 327 328 329
CORPORATION 50
COUNTING RULES 43
DEAL 13
DEAR CHAIRMAN HYDE 378
DEAR CONGRESSMAN CONYERS 373
DEAR CONGRESSMAN HYDE 215
DEAR KEITH 384
DECISION 29
DEFENDANT 50
DELAY 13
DETERMINATION OF MEDICAL ELIGIBILITY 26
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR SETTLEMENT 34
DLCO 51
DONOHUE 294 301 328 329 331 332 337 342 343
358
ECONOMIC LOSS 51
EDLEY 62 236 237 240 242 243 248 249 252
253 257 258 261 262 266 267 270 271
273
ELECTION TO ARBITRATE 35
ELIGIBLE MEDICAL CATEGORY 51
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS; MEDICAL MONITORING 40
ENHANCED RISK 40
EPLER 142 255
ESTIMATE OF COSTS 41
EVIDENCE OF BILATERAL PLEURAL THICKENING WITH IMPAI 51
EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL CLAIM 52
EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL CLAIMS 25
EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL CLAIMS PANEL 28
EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY 19
EXPOSED PERSON 52
EXPOSURE INFORMATION 24
FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT 35
FINAL ALLOCATION 42
FINAL CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY 52
FOLEY 13
FRANK 227 232 244 245 246 247 248 249
FURTHER TESTING 29
FVC 52
GEKAS 13 226 227 228
GOOD FAITH OFFER OR GOOD FAITH DEMAND 53
GOOD FAITH OFFERS AND DEMANDS 35
GRACE PERIOD 53
GRAHAM 330 332
HENRY J. HYDE 215 378
HEYMAN 120 229 230 231 234 240 248 249 258
267 268
HIATT 302 326 328 333 334 335 347 348 349
355
HOSTETTLER 13
HUTCHINSON 242 243 340 341 342 343 344
HYDE 8 13 58 59 60 92 105 120 127
142 153 156 226 229 231 232 235 239
240 241 242 244 250 252 254 255 256
260 261 265 268 269 272 273 274 279
280 294 297 301 307 314 317 324 329
330 333 336 340 343 344 348 350 355
358 359 360 363
ILO 53
ILO GRADE 53
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED 43
JACKSON LEE 269 270 271 272 273 344 345 346 347
348 349 350
JENKINS 229 230 231
JOHN CONYERS, JR 373
JULIAN EPSTEIN 3
KEITH HOLMAN 383
LATENCY PERIOD 53
LAW TO BE APPLIED 36
MALLETT 314 327 328 330 332 338 339 349 355
356 357 362
MANIFESTATION 53
MANZULLO 13
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD 53
MEDICAL INFORMATION 25
MEMBERSHIP 18
MESOTHELIOMA 53
MIDDLETON 106 154 228 232 233 235 239 241 242
244 245 246 247 248 251 257 259 262
263 264 265 271 272
MORAN 13
MOTIONS OFFICER 53
NADLER 254 255 256 257 258 259 333 334 335
336 337 338 339 340
NON-ECONOMIC LOSS 54
NORWOOD 13
NOTICE 43
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE 25
OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY 54
OLIVER 127 155 227 254 255 261
OPERATIONAL DATE 54
PATHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF ASBESTOSIS 54
PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED SHARE OF COSTS 42
PENALTY FOR INADEQUATE OFFER IN MEDIATION 38
PERSON 54
PERSONAL INFORMATION 24
PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS 19
PHYSICIAN 54
PREDICTED VALUE 55
PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO MEDICAL DETERMINATION 36
PROVISIONAL ALLOCATION 41
PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING 55
PUNITIVE DAMAGES 40 55
REAPPLICATION 27
RECONCILIATION 44
RECONSIDERATION 26
RECORDS FROM THIRD PERSONS 25
RELEASE FROM MEDIATION 35
REMOVAL 19
RESPONDENT 55
SCOTT 261 262 263 264 350 351 352 353 354
355 356 357 358
SENSENBRENNER 13
SHORT TITLE 13
SIGNATURE 44
ST SESSION 12
STANDARD FOR ACCEPTANCE 29
STANDARD SPIROMETRIC METHODS 56
START-UP FUNDING 43
STATE 56
STATUTORY ARBITRATION 36
STENHOLM 13
SUBPOENA POWERS OF ARBITRATORS 36
SULLIVAN 93
TABLE OF CONTENTS 13
TERMS 18
TESTIMONIAL INFORMATION UNDER OATH 26
TH CONGRESS 12
THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR 3
TIME LIMITS 34
TIME TO APPLY 28
TLC 56
TRANSITION 20
TRANSITIONAL FUNDING 43
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 43
VACANCY 19
VITTER 260
WATT 265 266 267 268
WATTS 13
WELLER 13
WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW 56
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OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN HYDE
PAGE 8
STATEMENT OF CHRISTOPHER F. EDLEY, JR., ESQ., CO-DIRECTOR, THE CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT, HARVARD LAW
SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE, MA
PAGE 62
STATEMENT OF LOUIS W. SULLIVAN, PRESIDENT, MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, ATLANTA, GA
PAGE 92
STATEMENT OF RICHARD H. MIDDLETON, JR., ESQ., PRESIDENT-ELECT, ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF
AMERICA
PAGE 105
STATEMENT OF SAMUEL J. HEYMAN, ESQ., CHAIRMAN AND CEO, GAF CORPORATION, WAYNE, NJ
PAGE 120
STATEMENT OF CHRISTINE OLIVER, M.D., ASSOCIATE PHYSICIAN, MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA
PAGE 127
STATEMENT OF GARY R. EPLER, M.D., PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL,
BOSTON, MA
PAGE 142
STATEMENT OF MAURA J. ABELN, ESQ., SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY, OWENS
CORNING, TOLEDO, OH
PAGE 275
STATEMENT OF THOMAS J. DONOHUE, PRESIDENT, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WASHINGTON, DC
PAGE 294
STATEMENT OF JONATHAN HIATT, ESQ., GENERAL COUNSEL, AFL-CIO, WASHINGTON, DC
PAGE 302
STATEMENT OF CONRAD MALLETT, JR., MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK AND STONE, P.L.C., DETROIT, MI
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