Articles Posted in 3M earplug lawsuit

On March 28, 2019, a hearing was held before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) regarding the 3M Combat Arms Earplug lawsuits.  The hearing took place in Washington, DC.   The JPML is a panel comprised of federal judges, who decide where the cases will be consolidated for all pretrial litigation. …

Thousands of U.S. soldiers and veterans are believed to have suffered hearing loss because of defective earplugs sold by 3M Company to the U.S. government.  3M’s defective earplugs, known as the Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs (version 2), did not function as 3M claimed they would function.  The earplugs were not…