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 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 ...

Facing thousands of lawsuits from U.S. service members who said 3M earplugs failed to protect their hearing, the manufacturing giant announced it is committing $1 billion to a trust to resolve the ...

3M lost two more cases Friday in its massive legal battle over military earplugs, and one came with a particular sting: a $50 million judgment against the company. In both cases, veterans claimed that ...

A federal jury in Florida awarded $77.5 million in damages, including $72.5 million in punitive damages, to a former soldier who filed a claim alleging that his hearing loss resulted from defective 3M ...

The Florida trial brought by active-duty Army Sgt. Guillermo Camarillorazo is the largest jury award to date in the cases filed over allegations that the CAEv2 tactical earplugs produced by Aearo ...

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.

3M Co. said Monday the litigation settlement for selling potentially faulty earplugs to the military is on track to exceed the 98% participation threshold it agreed to by the final registration date ...

Manufacturing giant 3M said it reached a $6 billion settlement Tuesday agreeing to resolve some 300,000 lawsuits that allege the company supplied defective earplugs to the military that left some with ...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - 3M Co must face more than 230,000 lawsuits accusing it of selling defective earplugs to the U.S. military, after a U.S. judge on Friday ruled that the bankruptcy of a subsidiary did ...