On January 25, 2019, a petition was filed with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) requesting that cases brought by military veterans with hearing loss against the earplug manufacturer, 3M Company, be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. In July, 2018, the Department of Justice announced that 3M Company “agreed to...
3M Military Ear Plug Lawsuits: Veterans with Hearing Loss
In July, 2018, the Department of Justice announced that 3M Company “agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold the dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) to the U.S. military without disclosing defects that hampered the effectiveness of the hearing protection device.” Specifically, the U.S. had alleged that 3M and...