by Halley Porter | Aug 26, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday refused to block more than 230,000 lawsuits accusing 3M Co of selling allegedly defective earplugs to the U.S. military from moving forward, saying the bankruptcy of the subsidiary that made them did not necessarily protect the parent...
by Halley Porter | Aug 18, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday denied a veteran’s bid to block 3M Co from asking a U.S. bankruptcy court in Indiana to stop the mass tort litigation over its military-issue earplugs. The decision by U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers...
by Halley Porter | Jun 26, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Company to begin court-ordered settlement talks over military earplugs, following lawsuits by thousands of veterans More than 100,000 U.S. military veterans have filed lawsuits against Minnesota-based 3M over hearing damage linked to what they claim are defects in the...
by Halley Porter | May 20, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Pensacola, FL (May 20, 2022) – A Pensacola jury handed down a verdict against 3M, after the jury found earplugs sold by 3M to the United States Military for use by service members were defectively designed. Mr. Beal was a combat engineer who spent the...
by Halley Porter | Mar 25, 2022 | 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Chelsie Warner, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Pensacola, FL (March 25, 2022) – A Pensacola jury handed down the largest compensatory verdict to date against 3M after the jury found earplugs sold by 3M to the United States Military for use by service members were defectively designed. A jury in Pensacola,...
by Halley Porter | Dec 15, 2021 | 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Chelsie Warner, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Dec. 13, 2021 A federal jury in Florida has awarded the highest amount to date against 3M Co. among bellwether trials over allegedly ineffective combat earplugs, concluding the company owes an Army veteran $22.5 million for his hearing loss and tinnitus. Theodore...