3M Earplug Cases Sped Up Due To 'Unprecedented Backlog'

By Dave Simpson (August 25, 2021, 6:17 PM EDT) -- A Florida federal judge ordered an acceleration of bellwether trials and other cases in multidistrict litigation over veterans' claims that 3M earplugs damaged their hearing, citing an "unprecedented backlog" of more than 250,000 cases....

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