Pending Matters: Upcoming Events and Deadlines
Claimant Advisory
Claimant Advance Payment Registration Forms must be completed and returned to the Claims Administrator no later than March 31, 2004.
Claimant "Blue" Personal Injury Forms MUST be completed and returned to the Claims Administrator by May 31, 2004, to qualify for a possible personal injury claim payment in addition to the $500 Advance Payment.
Personal Injury Claims
This portion of the site confirms the steps a claimant must complete to be eligible for a possible personal injury claim payment in addition to the $500 Advance Payment. Factors we may consider in determining personal injury payments may be the PCB blood test, the Registered Nurse interview (described below) and time a claimant lived or worked relative to the Monsanto Plant.
The Claimant Personal Injury Form MUST be completed and returned to the Claims Administrator by May 31, 2004, to qualify for a possible personal injury claim payment in addition to the $500 Advance Payment. In addition to completing this form, a claimant MUST complete the following steps to be eligible for such a possible additional personal injury claim:
1. The Claims Office must receive the completed Advance Payment Registration Form (the form for the $500 payment) no later than March 31, 2004;
2. The claimant must negotiate (cash or deposit) the $500 Advance Payment check;
3. The claimant must take a PCB blood test. This test has begun for Alabama residents and will begin shortly for out-of-State residents. Test results will be mailed to the claimant. Note: We will not be able to design the personal injury matrix until a substantial portion of the claimants are tested for PCBs. Claimants should keep their test appointment if at all possible to expedite this process and to save the settlement money; and
4. The claimant must complete a Registered Nurse interview on medical symptoms. Alabama residents are being interviewed by a Registered Nurse when they come to be tested for PCBs in Anniston, Alabama, and out-of-State residents will be interviewed by a Registered Nurse over the telephone. Those not interviewed by a Registered Nurse must complete the Yellow Medical Interview Form by June 15, 2004.
After we review a representative sample of the information gathered from the Claimant Personal Injury Form, the PCB blood test and the Registered Nurse interviews, we will draft a proposed personal injury payment matrix for your review at the March Town Meetings.