3M is nearing a $5.5 billion settlement over ear plug liability, which is at the low end of analyst estimates. The ear plug liability is smaller compared to the potential PFAS liability, which could ...

The claims of hundreds of thousands of military service members who said they developed hearing loss or tinnitus by using defective earplugs knowingly sold to the U.S. military by 3M could be settled ...

Some troops who have filed lawsuits over earplugs they say were defective may be in line for around $15,000 each as part of a $6 billion settlement with manufacturing conglomerate 3M, Task & Purpose ...

A federal judge in Indiana has ruled that hundreds of thousands of lawsuits against 3M over allegedly faulty earplugs it provided to the U.S. Military will not be put on hold while the company’s ...

3M and attorneys representing plaintiffs agreed to a $6 billion settlement to resolve hundreds of thousands of complaints by military veterans that the company's earplugs did not protect them from ...

A 3M subsidiary claims that U.S. Defense Department records show that over 175,00 military members who allege the Maplewood-based company's earplugs were defective have normal hearing under key ...

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3M has agreed to pay more than $6 billion to consumers and military members who alleged the company's ear plugs were defective and caused hearing loss, tinnitus and other hearing-related injuries.

The latest trials over allegedly defective 3M earplugs ended with one victory for military plaintiffs and one for the Maplewood-based company. A federal jury in Tallahassee on Monday awarded a 47-year ...