In 2004 a Loudoun County, Va. judge threw out James Dunford's mesothelioma suit against Ford and other automotive parts makers because Dunford's lawyers failed to disclose claims they'd made against bankruptcy trusts in other states.
Critics of the asbestos-trust system point to examples like the Kananian case in Ohio, where lawyers were sanctioned for submitting conflicting work histories to multiple trusts on behalf of a man who died of mesothelioma, which is usually attributed to asbestos.