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Military veterans claim combat arms earplugs left them with hearing damage

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham is set to consider a temporary halt to the lawsuits so that 3M and its bankrupt subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, can try to settle the claims, most of which have been filed by veterans who say the combat arms earplugs left them with hearing damage.

Judge Rodgers PENSACOLA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff lawyers tout litigation against 3M over its Combat Arms 2 military earplugs as “the biggest MDL class action in American history,” with a “mind-blowing” 230,000 claimants. The reality is less dramatic. So far, 3M has been served with several thousand lawsuits on behalf of around 13,000 plaintiffs, nearly all of them concentrated in multidistrict proceedings before U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers in Pensacola. Judge Rogers created an “administrative docket” so her court could obtain the militar...

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