The percentage of future proceeds sold to a third party related to the settlement of certain of the commercial claims.

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The amount received from selling a percentage of interest in future proceeds, related to recovery of commercial claims.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents a sum total of expenses not separately reflected on the income statement for the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-04.7)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879464&loc=d3e573970-122913

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4,6)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Other operational loss (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Other operational loss (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 29, 2010	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Other Operational Loss [Abstract]
Percentage of future proceeds sold	45.00%
Sale of future claims proceeds	$ 5,000
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Other operational loss		$ 0	$ 94	$ 1,125
Commercial claim
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Other operational loss				$ 1,125