All Gerogine class members are hereby notified that the Gerogine class was decertified (ended) and there is no settlement. Any tolling or suspension of the statute of limitation against the CCR defendants ended as of August 5, 1997. Therefore, any former Georgine class member who has a claim for an asbestos-related condition must file that claim in court within the time allowed under state law.

In January 1993, a proposed class action settlement known as Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc. was filed in the United States District Court in Philadelphia. (The Georgine class action as formerly known as the Carlough class action.) The class actin involved the proposed settlement of personal injury asbestos claims against the companies that are members of the Center for Claims Resolution (CCR).

The U.S. Supreme Court held that this classaction could not go forward, and the class action was decertified (ended) on August 5, 1997. Accordingly, any tolling or suspension of the statute of limitations for claims against the CCR companies ended on August 5, 1997. Any asbestos personal injury claim against a CCR company must be filed in court in a timely fashion under state law.

All class members should direct any further questions about this notice to their own counsel, or to one of the following class counsel, who were appointed by the U.S. District Court as counsel for the Georgine class: