In Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation

ORDER NO. 749 IN THE MATTER OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS

RAYMOND L. ACOSTA, District Judge.

After twenty years since the final distribution was effected in these proceedings, the time has come for the Court to dispose of the settlement funds that have gone unclaimed in this litigation. These funds are derived from several prior settlement fund distributions carried out by the Court during the past 18 years, 1 which have remained unclaimed despite numerous efforts by the Court and counsel to identify corresponding plaintiff recipients. 2

It is not uncommon at the conclusion of a mass…