October 29, 2021
A Florida federal jury cleared 3M of liability Friday in the latest bellwether trial in military members' mass litigation over hearing loss, allegedly from faulty combat earplugs, giving the company its second win in five trials.
October 01, 2021
A Florida federal jury returned an $8.2 million verdict against 3M on Friday in the fourth bellwether trial in massive multidistrict litigation covering military members' claims that they suffered hearing loss as a result of defects in the design of the company's military-issue earplugs.
September 03, 2021
As 2021 turns for the homestretch, Florida courts are primed to tackle the fallout from several major events that gripped national headlines, from the tragic Surfside condominium collapse to the stock market frenzy stirred up by users of the Robinhood trading app.
August 25, 2021
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.
July 30, 2021
A Florida federal judge has refused to delay an upcoming bellwether trial in sprawling multidistrict litigation over allegedly faulty combat earplugs, saying 3M should be ready to face a new plaintiff after another dropped his case.
June 25, 2021
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling holding that Ford can be held liable for alleged defects in cars originally sold outside a plaintiff's home state and a ruling wiping out hundreds of cases alleging GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran causes birth defects are among Law360's top cases for the first six months of 2021.
June 18, 2021
A Florida federal jury said Friday that a service member sustained $1.7 million in hearing loss damages from 3M's combat earplugs, and that 3M was 62% responsible, handing the company its second loss in three rapid-fire bellwether trials.
May 28, 2021
3M was cleared of liability Friday in the second bellwether trial in a 236,000-plaintiff class action over claims its combat earplugs didn't protect service members' hearing the way they were supposed to, according to counsel for both sides.
May 11, 2021
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday excluded opinions from one of 3M's expert witnesses in an upcoming bellwether trial over whether its combat arms CAEv2s earplugs were defective and caused damage to a veteran's hearing, saying the expert cannot base his opinion entirely on other experts' findings.
April 30, 2021
A Florida federal jury hit 3M with a $7.1 million verdict Friday, most of it punitive damages, in the first bellwether trial in a massive multidistrict litigation involving military members' claims that their hearing was irreparably harmed because the company's combat earplugs didn't work.