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Casualty, Environmental and Other Reserves (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 26, 2014
Casualty, Environmental and Other Reserves [Abstract] |
Casualty, environmental and other reserves | Activity related to casualty, environmental and other reserves is as follows:
| Casualty |  | Environmental |  | Other |  |
(Dollars in Millions) | Reserves |  | Reserves |  | Reserves |  | Total
December 30, 2011 | $ | 372 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 519 |
Charged to Expense | 51 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 122 |
Payments | (98 | ) |  | (30 | ) |  | (36 | ) |  | (164 | )
December 28, 2012 | 325 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 64 |  |  | 477 |
Charged to Expense | 54 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 140 |
Payments | (99 | ) |  | (36 | ) |  | (31 | ) |  | (166 | )
December 27, 2013 | 280 |  |  | 100 |  |  | 71 |  |  | 451 |
Charged to Expense (a) | 89 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 176 |
Payments | (104 | ) |  | (63 | ) |  | (42 | ) |  | (209 | )
December 26, 2014 | $ | 265 |  |  | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 418 |
(a) | Increase in expense in 2014 is primarily due to the resolution of personal injury claims for prior years.
NOTE 5. Casualty, Environmental and Other Reserves, continued These reserves are considered critical accounting estimates due to the need for significant management judgment. They are provided for in the consolidated balance sheets as follows:
| December 2014 |  | December 2013
(Dollars in Millions) | Current |  | Long-term |  | Total |  | Current |  | Long-term |  | Total
Casualty: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Personal Injury | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 123 |  |  | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 207 |
Occupational | 3 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 23 |
Asbestos | 5 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 40 |  |  | 50 |
Total Casualty | 76 |  |  | 189 |  |  | 265 |  |  | 72 |  |  | 208 |  |  | 280 |
Environmental | 48 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 94 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 100 |
Other | 18 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 71 |
Total | $ | 142 |  |  | $ | 276 |  |  | $ | 418 |  |  | $ | 151 |  |  | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 451 |
Schedule of Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense | Undiscounted liabilities recorded related to occupational and asbestos claims were as follows:
| December |  | December
(Dollars in Millions) | 2014 |  | 2013
Occupational: |  |  |
Incurred but not reported claims | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 15 |
Asserted claims | 6 |  |  | 8 |
Total liability | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 23 |
Asbestos: |  |  |
Incurred but not reported claims | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 35 |
Asserted claims | 11 |  |  | 15 |
Total liability | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 50 |
Schedule of Claims Activity | A summary of occupational and asbestos claims activity is as follows:
| Fiscal Years
| 2014 |  | 2013
Asserted Claims |  |  |
Open Claims - Beginning of Year | 392 |  |  | 523 |
New Claims Filed | 136 |  |  | 165 |
Claims Settled | (128 | ) |  | (146 | )
Claims Dismissed | (130 | ) |  | (150 | )
Open Claims - End of Year | 270 |  |  | 392 |

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