The claims of hundreds of thousands of military service members who said they developed hearing loss or tinnitus by using defective earplugs knowingly sold to the U.S. military by 3M could be settled ...

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 ...

11-NEWS EYE TEAM REPORTER LISA ROBINSON EXPLAINS. >> >> COMBAT NOISE FOR SOLDIERS IN TRAINING OR FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES ON THE GROUND, AT SEA AND IN THE AIR IS A HAZARD. TO PROTECT THEIR HEARING, ...

Hundreds of military veterans are expected to file lawsuits against the manufacturing company 3M, claiming it knowingly sold defective earplugs. These complaints come after the Justice Department ...

Minnesota-based 3M announced Tuesday it is taking action to resolve hundreds of thousands of legal claims that the combat earplugs produced for the U.S. military by subsidiary Aearo Technologies were ...

3M Co. lost the first lawsuit to go to trial over the safety of earplugs it sold for years to the military, with a federal jury Friday awarding $7.1 million to three veterans and finding the company ...

An Army veteran who claimed earplugs made by 3M caused him to suffer hearing damage was awarded $50 million by a federal jury Friday, the second-largest verdict related to the product, which has been ...

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 ...

Earplug manufacturer 3M has set aside more than $1 billion to resolve the more than 290,000 pending cases from veterans who claim the company’s earplugs that they used during military service damaged ...

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 ...