Examples of Favorable Notice in a sentence
Within forty-five (45) days of receipt of a Claimant’s Claims Materials, the Claims Administrator will either issue a Favorable Notice or Adverse Notice informing the Claimant whether or not the Claimant has met the requirements necessary to participate in the Settlement Program.
Any Claimant or Next Friend who receives an Adverse Notice or disagrees with the Settlement Category assigned by the Claims Administrator in a Favorable Notice may request that the Claims Administrator reconsider its determination(s) with respect to such Claimant or Next Friend.
This means that individuals less than eighteen years of age on the date they first ingested Flint water (if ingested between April 25, 2014 and November 16, 2020), who failed to register or did not receive a Favorable Notice, can still participate in the settlement later on, before they turn nineteen years old, subject to available funds.
It will be designed to allow the Next Friends, in their representative capacities, to proceed in the most equitable manner on behalf of the Minors and LIIs.Once a Favorable Notice is issued (unless a Next Friend elects a Structured Settlement or the Claimant receives a single or annual payment of less than $5,000 during minority), the claim is randomly assigned to a court-appointed Panel GAL.
After the Claims Administrator has determined that a Minor or LII is eligible to participate in the settlement and before a Monetary Award is issued, the Claims Administrator is required to certify in a Favorable Notice that the Minor or LII is assigned a Settlement Category that results in the highest Monetary Award based on the Claims Materials submitted.
The MSA extends its benefits to Future Minor Claimants, defined as those individuals who were younger than 18 years old at first exposure and met the MSA exposure criteria, but for any reason did not receive a Favorable Notice or did not register for the settlement prior to the MSA deadlines that otherwise apply.
If the Favorable Notice is not timely accepted or is rejected, the Claims Administrator is required to send a second notice, which upon receipt by the Next Friend commences a second14 day period in which to accept or reject.
This reminder second notice is intended to assist Next Friends who plausibly may be unfamiliar with case deadlines and their consequences.A Next Friend is required to sign an additional release if a Favorable Notice is accepted.
This procedure constitutes a fair and consistent approach for similarly situated Claimants.A Next Friend may accept or reject the Favorable Notice within 15 days of receipt.