by Halley Porter | Dec 22, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
A U.S. judge on Thursday barred 3M Co from trying to avoid liability for injuries current and former U.S. military members sustained from its allegedly defective earplugs by shifting blame to a subsidiary. U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, the Pensacola,...
by Halley Porter | Dec 21, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Dec 20 – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Tort Reform Association told the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday that bankruptcy is often the only way for an otherwise healthy company to resolve “catastrophic” mass torts exposure because...
by Halley Porter | Oct 31, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
In advance of issuing an anticipated ruling about whether 3M Company can be held independently liable for Combat Arms Earplugs developed by its now-bankrupt subsidiary, the U.S. District Judge presiding over the litigation has announced a stay for all deadlines while...
by Halley Porter | Oct 31, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
3M (MMM) has been making headlines this year and for all the wrong reasons. The healthcare and consumer goods group, famous for its face masks, can no longer hide its troubled legal woes and it has now been denied a new trial, after a jury awarded a veteran Green...
by Halley Porter | Oct 27, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Nathan Frei first seen the persistent ringing in his ears shortly after he returned from coaching with the US navy. “I thought it was a noise from some electronic gadget and started looking around my apartment to find it. But then I realised the ringing was in my...
by Halley Porter | Sep 13, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Beginning in 2003, 3M sold an earplug called the Combat Arms to every branch of the military; they later became standard issue throughout much of the armed forces for soldiers deploying to combat zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. In civilian life, people are rarely...