OHIO TRANSIT RISK POOL

General Operating Procedure for Legal Work

1. Upon receipt of a suit, OTRP attorneys should check their firm's conflict list to ensure that they are in a position to

     represent OTRP in the pending matter.

2.  The attorney should immediately FAX either a confirmation of acceptance or declination of assignment to Ohio

     Transit Risk Pool at 330-864-2952 to the attention of the Adjuster assigned.

3.  If an assignment is accepted, defense counsel should confer with the Adjuster to clarify the status of the claim file.

4.  Defense counsel must ensure that a timely answer is made for each suit, or that the Answer Day is protected.

5.  The Claims Adjuster should receive copies of all correspondence, motions, etc.

6.  Settlement authority must be approved by OTRP prior to any offers.  Please contact the Adjuster to request

     settlement authority in any case you are handling.

7.  Within thirty (30) days after acceptance of an assignment, an initial suit summary must be e-mailed by defense

     councel to the Adjuster.

8.  Thereafter, updated 90-day suit summaries, including updated litigation budgets should be e-mailed to the Adjuster

     by:  January 10, April 10, July 10, and October 10.

9.  Quarterly billings for each file should be submitted contemporaneously with your suit summary submissions.  Upon

     review of your invoice(s), OTRP will coordinate the preparation of a payment voucher and a check will be processed

     in a timely fashion.

10. Attorneys representing OTRP must comply with OTRP's litigation management policy in all regards.  If there are

     any questions about the LMP or these guidelines please contact Ohio Transit Risk Pool, Claims Manager, at

     330-864-2979.