April 27, 2023
Veterans on Thursday asked a Florida federal judge to reinstate formal mediation with 3M in litigation over allegations that the company's earplugs were defective and harmed service members' hearing, saying that their attorneys' leadership has recently asked for a global deal in the suits.
April 04, 2023
All three judges on a Seventh Circuit panel Tuesday appeared skeptical of the argument that they should pause sprawling multidistrict litigation over service members' and veterans' injuries allegedly caused by faulty 3M Co. earplugs while a subsidiary's bankruptcy case proceeds.
March 21, 2023
3M Co. urged an Indiana bankruptcy judge to stop creditors from deposing its chief executive amid the bankruptcy of a subsidiary facing thousands of claims over faulty earplugs, saying the CEO didn't have enough information on the Chapter 11 filing.
March 20, 2023
A 3M subsidiary placed into bankruptcy to address thousands of liability claims over faulty earplugs has urged an Indiana federal judge not to toss its bankruptcy case, saying the earplug plaintiffs hadn't shown it had acted in bad faith.
March 10, 2023
The Florida federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over hearing loss related to allegedly faulty combat earplugs made by 3M said Friday that the company's approach to evaluating hearing loss is "problematic."
March 01, 2023
3M Co., which has put its Aearo Technologies LLC unit into bankruptcy to try to spin off liability for more than 200,000 claims it faces in multidistrict litigation over hearing loss related to allegedly faulty combat earplugs, said Wednesday that U.S. Department of Defense records show that the vast majority of claimants have normal hearing.
January 26, 2023
A group of multidistrict litigation plaintiffs has urged the Seventh Circuit not to pause the sprawling litigation over injuries allegedly caused by faulty 3M Co. earplugs while a subsidiary's bankruptcy case proceeds, saying the companies tried to misuse bankruptcy law.
January 19, 2023
A Florida federal judge has halted mediation in the contentious multidistrict litigation over injuries allegedly caused by faulty 3M Co. earplugs provided to military service members, saying the company and plaintiffs were too far apart to make further settlement talks worthwhile.
December 22, 2022
3M Co. can't avoid any part of its alleged liability in massive multidistrict litigation over injuries purportedly caused by its Combat Arms Earplugs, a Florida federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the company cannot shift the blame to its codefendant.
November 02, 2022
A Florida federal judge has invited 3M to justify its latest defense in massive multidistrict litigation over injuries allegedly caused by Combat Arms Earplugs, less than a week after criticizing the company's arguments that its codefendant and subsidiary Aearo Technologies LLC is solely responsible for those injuries.