Gunnell v. Dalkon Shield Trust (In re A.H. Robins Co.)

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on motion by Daikon Shield Claimants Trust (“Trust”) Claimant Anthony Gunnell, DS-221545, to increase the limit on his potential award under alternative dispute resolution (ADR). When Gunnell elected to resolve his claim through ADR, the limit on awards was $10,-000. Thereafter the Trust raised the limit to $20,000. Claimant, by counsel, asks the Court to allow the ADR referee to use the new $20,000 limit in considering his claim. For reasons given below, the Court denies the motion.

On April 1,1992, the Trust established the…