Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (§§ 11-1-1 — 11-77-7)
Chapter 67 - ASBESTOS BANKRUPTCY TRUST CLAIMS TRANSPARENCY ACT (§§ 11-67-1 — 11-67-15)
Section 11-67-5 - Definitions

The following words and phrases as used in this chapter have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

• (a) "Asbestos" includes, without limitation, chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, asbestiform winchite, asbestiform richterite, asbestiform amphibole minerals, and any of these minerals that have been chemically treated or altered, including all minerals defined as asbestos in 29 CFR 1910 at the time the asbestos action is filed.

• (b) "Asbestos action" means a claim for damages or other civil or equitable relief presented in a civil action by a plaintiff arising out of, based on, or related to the health effects of exposure to asbestos, including, but not limited to, loss of consortium, wrongful death, mental or emotional injury.

• (c) "Asbestos trust" means a government-approved or court-approved trust, qualified settlement fund, compensation fund or claims facility created as a result of an administrative or legal action, a court-approved bankruptcy, or pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 524(g) or 11 U.S.C. 1121(a) or other applicable provision of law, that is intended to provide compensation to claimants arising out of, based on, or related to the health effects of exposure to asbestos.

• (d) "Asbestos trust claim" includes, but is not limited to, any claim or demand for compensation for asbestos-related injuries from an asbestos trust.

• (e) "Plaintiff" means the exposed person, deceased or living, and the person bringing the asbestos action, including a personal representative if the asbestos action is brought by an estate, or a conservator or next friend if the asbestos action is brought on behalf of a minor or legally incapacitated individual.

• (f) "Trust materials" means a final executed proof of claim and all other documents and information related to a claim against an asbestos trust and any other information that the plaintiff submits to the asbestos trust, including claims forms and supplementary materials, affidavits, correspondence, depositions and trial testimony, work history, medical and health records, documents reflecting the status of a claim against an asbestos trust, and, if the trust claim has settled, all documents relating to the settlement of the trust claim.

• (g) "Trust governance documents" means all documents that relate to eligibility and payment levels, including, but not limited to, claims payment matrices, trust distribution procedures, or plans for reorganization, for an asbestos trust.

Added by Laws, 2017, ch. 435, HB 1426, 3, eff. 7/1/2017.