Asbestos Trust Fund Claims: Trust List, Payouts & Legal Help
The Lanier Law Firm has handled more than 10,000 asbestos trust claims and uses one of the largest private asbestos product databases to identify potential sources of exposure.
An estimated $30 billion remains available in asbestos trust funds as of 2026 to compensate people with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illnesses. Our attorneys identify the trusts you may qualify for, document your asbestos exposure, and handle the claim filing process to pursue all available trust fund compensation. Contact our firm today or call us at 800-723-3216 for a free consultation.
- Legally Reviewed By:
- Maura Kolb
- Page Last Updated:
- October 12, 2026
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- Key Facts About The Lanier Law Firm’s Asbestos Trust Fund Claim Services
- What Is an Asbestos Trust Fund?
- Am I Eligible to File an Asbestos Trust Fund Claim?
- List of Asbestos Trust Funds
- How an Asbestos Trust Fund Lawyer Helps You File a Claim: 7 Steps
- How Much Does an Asbestos Trust Fund Claim Pay?
- Are Proceeds From a Mesothelioma Trust Fund Taxable?
- How Long Do I Have to File an Asbestos Trust Fund Claim?
- Can Family Members File Mesothelioma Trust Fund Claims?
- Does Asbestos Trust Fund Compensation Affect VA Benefits?
- Why Should I Choose the Lanier Law Firm to Handle My Asbestos Trust Claim?
- Contact Our Asbestos Trust Fund Lawyers for a Free Consultation
Key Facts About The Lanier Law Firm's Asbestos Trust Fund Claim Services
- The Lanier Law Firm maintains a database with more than 60 asbestos trust funds for potential client claims.
- Our team prepares and files asbestos trust fund claims in-house.
- Our trust fund lawyers file claims for families of deceased asbestos victims.
- Our attorneys pursue claims with multiple asbestos trusts at the same time when clients qualify.
- The Lanier Law Firm has been involved with asbestos trusts at the bankruptcy-court level, where assets are gathered to fund future trusts.
- Managing Attorney Maura Kolb’s service on national asbestos trust advisory committees brings deep trust fund experience to our clients’ claims.
- Our in-house asbestos trust fund team works directly with clients and provides updates throughout the claim process.
What Is an Asbestos Trust Fund?
An asbestos trust fund claim is a legal claim submitted to a bankruptcy-created trust established by a company to compensate people who developed mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illnesses.
Asbestos product manufacturers that filed for bankruptcy were required to establish these funds under Chapter 11 U.S. Code § 524 in exchange for receiving bankruptcy protection.
Companies that file for bankruptcy are immune to lawsuits for liabilities they incurred before bankruptcy. Without the asbestos trust funds, mesothelioma victims would have been deprived of much-needed compensation for medical treatment, financial security, and justice.
Am I Eligible to File an Asbestos Trust Fund Claim?
You may be able to recover compensation from an asbestos trust fund claim if you meet all of the following criteria:
- You were exposed to asbestos through a product that was manufactured or sold by the company that established a trust fund, whether you were exposed at work or through second-hand asbestos exposure, which occurs when a worker carries asbestos fibers home on work clothing.
- You have received a confirmed medical diagnosis of mesothelioma, asbestosis, or asbestos-related lung cancer.
- It has been at least ten years since your initial exposure to asbestos
Can You Qualify for Multiple Asbestos Trust Funds?
Transcript:
Maura Kolb:
Clients often, as a matter of fact, almost always qualify for multiple trust funds.
There are enough companies out there who made products with poison in them. Asbestos product companies, many of them filed for bankruptcy 20, 30 years ago. And the trusts have come out of that. And oftentimes our clients were people of craft. They had a trade. They did a craft. They often used more than one asbestos product. And often clients qualify for 1 to 10, 15, 20, 25 trusts.
List of Asbestos Trust Funds
The trust funds that have been established to compensate victims of asbestos exposure are listed in the table below.
Company
Trust Fund
Started
ABB Lummus Global Inc.
ABB Lummus Global Inc. 524(g) ASB PI Trust
2006
A-Best Products Company
A-Best Asbestos Settlement Trust
2006
ACandS
ACandS Asbestos Settlement Trust
2008
AP Green
APG Asbestos Trust
2014
API, Inc.
API, Inc. Asbestos Settlement Trust 2005
2005
Armstrong World Industries
Armstrong World Industries Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust
2007
ARTRA Group and Synkoloid
ARTRA 524(g) Asbestos Trust
2007
ASARCO
ASARCO Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust
2009
The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Babcock & Wilcox Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust
2006
Brauer Supply Company
Brauer 524(g) Asbestos Trust
2012
Burns & Roe
Burns & Roe Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust
2010
C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc.
C.E. Thurston & Sons Asbestos Trust
2006
Celotex Corporation, Carey Canada Incorporated
Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust
1998
Christy Refractories Company, LLC
Christy Refractories Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2010
Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Combustion Engineering 524(g) Asbestos PI Trust
2005
Congoleum Corporation, et al
Congoleum Plan Trust
2010
DII Industries, LLC, Dresser Industries, Inc., Halliburton Company
DII Industries, LLC Asbestos PI Trust – Halliburton Subfund
2005
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
DII Industries, LLC Asbestos PI Trust – Harbison Walker Subfund
2005
Durabla Manufacturing Company, Durabla Canada Ltd.
Durabla Manufacturing Company and Durabla Canada LTD. Asbestos Trust
2011
Duro Dyne National Corp.
Duro Dyne Asbestos Trust
2021
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. Personal Injury Settlement Trust
1996
The Fairbanks Company
Fairbanks Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2023
Federal-Mogul Global, Inc., T&N Limited
Federal‑Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2007
Federal-Mogul, Ferodo America Inc.
Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust – Ferodo Subfund
2010
Gasket Holdings, Inc. (Flexitallic)
Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust – Flexitallic Subfund
2010
Felt Products Manufacturing Company
Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust – FMP Subfund
2010
Turner & Newell
Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust – T&N Subfund
2010
The Flintoke Company, Flintkote Mines, Limited
Flintkote Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2015
Fuller Austin Company
Fuller- Asbestos Settlement Trust
1998
Geo V. Hamilton, Inc.
GEO V. Hamilton, Inc Asbestos Trust
2019
G-I Holdings, Inc.
G-I Holdings, Inc. Asbestos Settlement Trust
2009
H.K. Porter, Inc.
H.K. Porter Asbestos Trust
2008
Hercules Chemical Company, Inc.
Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. Asbestos Settlement Trust
2011
J.T. Thorpe Company
J.T. Thorpe Company Successor Trust
2005
J.T. Thorpe, Inc.
J.T. Thorpe Settlement Trust
2006
The Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Kaiser Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2006
Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc.
Kaiser Gypsum Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2021
Keene Corporation
Keene Creditors Trust
1996
Leslie Controls, Inc.
Leslie Controls Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2012
Johns Manville Corporation
Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust
1988
Maremont Corporation
Maremont Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2019
General Motors, Inc.
Motors Liquidation Company Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2012
National Gypsum Company
NGC Bodily Injury Trust
2003
North American Refractories Company
NARCO Asbestos Trust
2013
Owens Corning/Fibreboard
OCFB Asbestos Personal Injury Trust – FB Subfund
2006
Owens Corning/Fibreboard
OCFB Asbestos Personal Injury Trust – OC Subfund
2006
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust (PCC)
2008
Plant Insulation Company
Plant Asbestos Settlement Trust
2012
Plibrico Company
Plibrico Asbestos Trust
2006
Porter Hayden
Porter Hayden Bodily Injury Trust
2007
Quigley Company, Inc.
Quigley Company, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2013
Raytech Corporation
Raytech Trust
2001
Sepco Corporation
Sepco Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2020
Shook & Fletcher Insulation Company
Shook & Fletcher Asbestos Settlement Trust
2002
Specialty Products Holding Corp., Bondex, International, Republic Powdered Metals, Inc., NMBFil, Inc.
Bondex Trust
2016
State Insulation Corporation
State Insulation Corporation Asbestos PI Trust
2016
T H Agriculture & Nutrition, LLC
T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition, LLCAsbestos Personal Injury Trust
2009
Pacific Insulation Company, Thorpe Insulation Company (no relation to J.T. Thorpe)
Thorpe Insulation Settlement Trust
2010
United Gilsonite Laboratories
United Gilsonite Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2015
United States Gypsum
United States Gypsum Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust
2007
United States Mineral Products Company
United States Mineral Products Company Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust
2010
MacArthur Company, Western Asbestos Company, Western MacArthur Company
Western Asbestos Settlement Trust
2004
W.R. Grace & Company
WRG Asbestos PI Trust
2009
Yarway Corporation
Yarway Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
2015
How an Asbestos Trust Fund Lawyer Helps You File a Claim: 7 Steps
Filing an asbestos trust fund claim requires attention to detail and a thorough understanding of the trust system. An experienced asbestos trust fund lawyer can help you navigate the process, avoid common mistakes, and ensure your claim is prepared correctly from the start.
Our attorneys guide clients through every stage of the trust fund claim process. Here are the steps we take to help pursue compensation from asbestos trust funds:
- Perform a thorough investigation of your asbestos exposure history. This includes a review of your work history and the asbestos products in your work environment.
- Identify the companies responsible for your asbestos exposure. These are the companies that manufactured or supplied the asbestos you encountered at work. Our seasoned mesothelioma lawyers can trace the origins of any asbestos product you were exposed to.
- Gather Evidence. This includes proof of your asbestos-related diagnosis and that you were exposed to products that were manufactured or sold by the company that established each trust fund against which you file a claim.
- Choose Your Filing Method. Most asbestos trusts allow you to choose between an expedited claim or an individual review. Expedited claims provide fast processing time and fixed awards to qualified claimants. Individual reviews may yield higher awards, but they take longer and expose you to uncertainties. It is best to let a skilled mesothelioma lawyer with experience handling trust fund claims determine which claim type is best in your case.
- File Your Claim. You will need to include your work history and medical evidence and answer several questions. The wording you choose when completing your claim can impact your compensation. Before you file, call our experienced mesothelioma lawyers at 800-723-3216 for the best result.
- Provide additional documentation during the review process. After you file, the trust funds may ask for updated medical information as your claim is processed. Your attorney can ensure this process goes smoothly and promptly provide all requested information for you.
- Collect Your Compensation. After your claim is processed, each trust fund will award you separately.
Asbestos Claim Paperwork During the Trust Fund Filing Process: Do I Need a Lawyer?
Transcript:
Maura Kolb:
What I would say to clients, to the family members is to take care of the things that are most important and that is your loved one and their health.
As far as the paperwork, we will handle most of that. We will make the process as easy as we possibly can. It’s an awful headspace to be in when your loved one’s sick. It’s an awful headspace to be in when you are sick and you’re worried about your loved ones. I’ve talked to people in both circumstances and both of them are very difficult.
At The Lanier Law Firm, we understand that. We want to help you free up time for that while at the same time making sure that the people who made your loved one sick or the people that made you sick pay for what they’ve done. We do what we can to minimize what we need from you, to minimize the paperwork. There is always going to be some. I’m not going to lie to you. But, we do our best to handle as much of it as we possibly can for you. In that case, you’re dealing with the stuff that you should be dealing with, and that is your loved one’s health.
How Much Does an Asbestos Trust Fund Claim Pay?
Asbestos trust fund claims can pay out more than $500,000. Mesothelioma claims typically pay higher compensation than trust fund claim for other asbestos-related illnesses. Some trust funds have more money available to pay, and this can also affect your payout.
What Factors Determine an Asbestos Trust Fund Payout?
The amount you receive from asbestos bankruptcy trusts depends on multiple factors, including the following:
- Which asbestos-related illness you contracted and its severity
- Your age at diagnosis and your expected life span
- The financial cost of your diagnosis, such as medical expenses and lost wages
- Which companies exposed you to asbestos
- The number of trust fund claims you file
- The type of work you performed when you were exposed to asbestos
Why Do Some Asbestos Trust Funds Pay More Than Others?
Asbestos trust funds pay different amounts because each trust has different assets, liabilities, and payment requirements. The amount available for claims depends on factors such as the company’s assets when it entered bankruptcy, the amount of money set aside to fund the trust, the products covered by the trust, and the number of people expected to file claims.
A trust with significant assets and fewer expected claimants may be able to provide higher payments, while a trust with limited funds and a large number of claimants may result in lower payouts.
Are Proceeds From a Mesothelioma Trust Fund Taxable?
Proceeds from a mesothelioma trust fund are generally not taxable. Under Chapter 26 U.S. Code § 104, compensatory proceeds from personal injury claims are not taxable. Punitive damages are taxable but are not common in mesothelioma trust fund claims.
How Long Do I Have to File an Asbestos Trust Fund Claim?
Unlike tort claims governed by state law, the statute of limitations for trust fund claims is determined by each trust. The time limit is generally two or three years after the mesothelioma diagnosis.
Can Family Members File Mesothelioma Trust Fund Claims?
Mesothelioma victims can rest assured that their loved ones will be taken care of in the event of their death, no matter where they are in the claims process.
Immediate family members are entitled to file wrongful death trust fund claims after the death of the victim in the event the victim has not already filed a claim. Family members can continue claims filed by a mesothelioma victim who passed away before the process was finished. Additionally, families of claimants who receive monthly payouts from mesothelioma funds can continue receiving trust fund payments beyond the death of the claimant.
Does Asbestos Trust Fund Compensation Affect VA Benefits?
An asbestos trust fund claim could affect your VA benefits depending on the type of benefits you receive. If you receive free medical care or disability compensation for your asbestos-related illness that stems from military service, your benefits will not be affected if you recover compensation through a trust fund claim.
However, if you receive a VA pension, your benefits could be affected. VA pensions are awarded based on need. They are only available to veterans with limited income and assets. Compensation from a trust fund claim could make you ineligible for this program or reduce your compensation.
However, an award from a trust fund claim could be significantly higher than the benefits you lose. Our talented and caring mesothelioma attorneys can look thoroughly at your entire financial situation and determine the course of action that will best serve your needs.
Why Should I Choose the Lanier Law Firm to Handle My Asbestos Trust Claim?
You should choose The Lanier Law Firm because we have extensive trust claim experience, a massive historical exposure database, and dedicated asbestos trust fund claim lawyers who uncover every trust fund you qualify for with zero upfront cost.
Our Asbestos Trust Fund Claim Lawyers Will Come to You
The Lanier Law Firm has offices with specialized mesothelioma lawyers in Houston, New York City, Fort Worth, and Los Angeles, serving clients in all 50 states. Our trust fund attorneys will travel to you and meet you where you are.
35 Years of Experience Filing Asbestos Trust Claims with In-House Teams
The Lanier Law Firm has been handling asbestos cases since 1990, giving our attorneys more than 35 years of experience helping clients pursue compensation through asbestos bankruptcy trusts. Over the years, our award-winning team has handled thousands of asbestos trust claims and developed extensive knowledge of the companies, products, and exposure histories connected to available trust funds.
Unlike firms that outsource portions of the trust fund process, The Lanier Law Firm handles asbestos trust claims entirely in-house. Our dedicated team of attorneys and claim filers focuses exclusively on asbestos trust matters, bringing in-depth knowledge of asbestos bankruptcy trusts and their claim requirements.
Top Asbestos Trust Claim Leadership: Mark Lanier and Maura Kolb
Led by founder Mark Lanier and Managing Attorney Maura Kolb, our asbestos trust fund attorneys combine deep knowledge of asbestos claims with experience navigating the trust system. Maura Kolb leads the firm’s Asbestos Resolution Team and serves on numerous national asbestos trust advisory committees, providing clients with insight into trust requirements, claim processes, and available compensation.
The Lanier Law Firm has also been involved with asbestos trusts at the bankruptcy-court level, where assets are gathered to fund future trusts. This experience helps our attorneys understand how asbestos trusts operate and how to pursue claims for clients and families affected by asbestos-related illnesses.
Lanier Law Firm Case Highlight: Recovery from Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts
Watch Maura Kolb explain how we secured compensation from trust funds for a client with incomplete asbestos product history and no direct ship work.
Transcript:
Maura Kolb:
We have had over the years a lot of cases where our clients worked at a shipyard. I’m thinking about a case that we had where a client didn’t really work on ships but worked in a shipyard in particular and we looked to see what exposures were there in terms of products where the companies had gone bankrupt.
Based on the research that we’ve done over the years, we’re going to know some of the products that our client was for the most part exposed to. This client in particular knew some products that he had exposure to, but didn’t know all of them. He remembered exact names of products. He remembered packaging, where he worked and what the years were, the relevant years. He was able to give us enough information to put together affidavit for his signature. We put those together, filed a number of trust claims for the client, and were able to get him compensation.
Google Reviews of Our Asbestos Legal Services: What Our Clients Have to Say
See what past clients have to say about working with our team and the results we’ve achieved for them. Their firsthand experiences highlight the dedication, care, and legal expertise we bring to every single asbestos case, including trust fund claims.
“My mother, my two sisters, and myself have benefitted, and continue to benefit, greatly from Lanier Law Firm’s tenacious quest to seek justice from negligent entities responsible for my father’s illness and untimely death from mesothelioma.”
Mike M.
“I lost my husband to Mesothelioma. The Lanier Law Firm was there for me from the moment my husband passed. Their kindness and support during this difficult time of my life helped me to deal with all the issues going on in my life. They were my only friends, and I am glad they were they to support me.”
Debra D.
“Lanier law firm did a beyond the call of duty in our Mesothelioma case involving my husband. He passed away about 16 years ago. By winning multiple cases, the money that came in has helped me , being a widow, Go on and live life. They were recommended by a friend that removes asbestos. Thank you for all the people that worked on my behalf.”
Ruth F.
Contact Our Asbestos Trust Fund Lawyers for a Free Consultation
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, you may be entitled to compensation from one or more asbestos trust funds. The Lanier Law Firm’s asbestos trust fund lawyers can review your exposure history, explain your options, and help you understand the next steps available to you.
With more than 35 years of experience handling asbestos cases and a dedicated in-house team focused on asbestos trust claims, we have the knowledge and resources to help clients pursue compensation through the trust system. Contact us today for a free consultation to learn how we can help.
