Defective Combat Earplugs Claims

05/23/2022

The verdict for veteran James Beal is the largest yet for an individual in a sprawling litigation over the earplugs that as of May 16 included more than 290,000 claims in the Pensacola court, by far the largest mass tort litigation in U.S. history.

A jury in Pensacola, Florida federal court on Friday ordered 3M Co to pay $77.5 million to a U.S. Army veteran who said he suffered hearing damage as a result of using the company's military-issue earplugs.

05/09/2022

The lawsuits of more than 20,000 veterans who claim earplugs used during their military service caused them hearing damage were dismissed by a federal judge after the veterans failed to provide documents needed to continue their cases, according to court records.

District Judge M. Casey Rodgers of the Northern District of Florida, Pensacola Division, ordered the dismissals as roughly 270,000 similar cases are still pending. The group of lawsuits against earplug manufacturer 3M has become the largest multidistrict litigation in U.S. history, according to cour...

04/21/2022

3M’s earplugs were defective from the start but considered acceptable via manipulation of safety testing, leading to the largest consolidated mass tort in American history—in which nearly 300,000 veterans, current service members, and other citizens allege 3M caused

While the corporate giant fights litigation over its sale of defective earplugs to the U.S. military, 3M pads its résumé as a big supporter of service personnel and vets.

04/11/2022

In yet another trial loss for 3M, a jury in Florida has awarded $8 million to a U.S. Army National Guard veteran who suffered hearing loss while wearing 3M’s military earplugs.

The plaintiff, Steve Wilkerson, 43, is a U.S. Army National Guard veteran from Lucedale, Mississippi who served in the Army from 1999 to 2002, and in the Army National Guard from 2005 to 2013.

A federal jury in Florida has ordered 3M to pay $8 million to a U.S. Army National Guard veteran who suffered hearing loss.

01/27/2022

A federal jury on Thursday awarded $110 million to two U.S. Army veterans who said combat earplugs sold by 3M Co to the military caused them to suffer hearing damage, the largest verdict yet to result from hundreds of thousands of lawsuits over the product.

A federal jury on Thursday awarded $110 million to two U.S. Army veterans who said combat earplugs sold by 3M Co to the military caused them to suffer hearing…

01/12/2022

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12/11/2021

3M hit with US$22.5m verdict in latest US military earplug trial. A federal jury on Friday (Dec 10) awarded US$22.5 million to a US Army veteran who alleged that combat earplugs sold by 3M Co caused him to suffer hearing loss and tinnitus, the biggest verdict yet in massive litigation over the product.

[BOSTON] A federal jury on Friday (Dec 10) awarded US$22.5 million to a US Army veteran who alleged that combat earplugs sold by 3M Co caused him to suffer hearing loss and tinnitus, the biggest verdict yet in massive litigation over the product. Read more at The Business Times.

05/03/2021

A federal jury in Florida on Friday awarded $7.1 million in damages to three Army veterans, finding that 3M Co. failed to warn about design flaws in earplugs widely sold to the U.S. military that ultimately caused hearing loss.

The closely watched lawsuit is the first of thousands of complaints to go to trial.

04/30/2021

This litigation started several years ago, and because of the complexity, size and covid, it took a while to get here, but the first cases have been won with the injured Veterans awarded $2,400,000 each.

3M Co (MMM.N) was found liable on Friday for hearing damage suffered by three U.S. military veterans who accused the company of covering up design defects in its earplugs, a blow to 3M which faces more than 200,000 similar claims.

04/10/2021

Sgt. Butler, 31 years old, is among more than 200,000 service members and veterans who are suing 3M Co. , saying it knowingly sold defective earplugs that caused their hearing problems. The first trial, which combines the cases of three Army veterans, has opened in federal court in Pensacola, Fla., and is expected to last through April.

The first trial is under way in Florida as the company rebuts allegations from more than 200,000 service members and veterans that it sold defective products.