St. Paul, Minn., February 29, 2023 – U.S. Department of Defense records for more than 175,000 plaintiffs show that the vast majority of claimants in Combat Arms earplug litigation have normal...

3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced it is taking action to resolve litigation related to Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (“Combat Arms Earplugs”). Aearo Technologies and related entities (“Aearo...

On May 20, a Pensacola jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in the last scheduled bellwether trial in the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. As the litigation progresses, it’s...

As the last of the bellwether trials in the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) multi-district litigation (MDL) begins, the process to dismantle the administrative docket of unvetted,...

On April 29, a Gainesville jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in the fifteenth bellwether trial in the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. The plaintiff was awarded $668,010 in...

On April 8, a Pensacola jury ruled in favor of 3M in the ongoing Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. This brings 3M to six wins out of the 14 trials brought before juries to date....

On April 5, 3M filed a motion that would immediately require all claims in the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) administrative docket to adhere to standard requirements for all federal...

The twelfth and thirteenth bellwether trials resulted in two plaintiffs’ verdicts. The jury in the Vilsmeyer trial awarded the plaintiff $50 million in compensatory damages, and the jury in the...

On March 4, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in support of 3M for the ongoing Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2)...

3M today filed a critical appeal in the ongoing Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. The appeals ask the court to correct the legal and evidentiary issues present in the first and...

A jury on January 27 ruled in favor of two plaintiffs in the latest bellwether trial of the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. Unlike some previous trials, multiple plaintiffs were...

On December 17, a jury ruled in favor of 3M in the tenth bellwether trial in the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. 3M has now won five of the 10 bellwether trials that have been...

Juries in the two most recent bellwether cases tried in the ongoing Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation delivered split results for 3M. In the sixth trial on November 12, a...

On October 29, a jury ruled in favor of 3M in the fifth bellwether trial in the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. We are pleased with today’s verdict, which demonstrates once...

On October 1, a jury reached a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and awarded him $8.2 million in damages in the fourth bellwether trial in the Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) litigation. We...

On July 29th, plaintiffs’ counsel in the litigation involving 3M’s Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) voluntarily dismissed the case they had selected to be tried in federal court in...

What happened? On Friday, June 18, the jury reached a verdict in the third bellwether trial regarding the company’s Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) product. The jury found that the...

On May 28, the jury reached a verdict siding with 3M in the second bellwether trial regarding the company’s Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) product. We are pleased with the verdict and...

What’s happening? On Monday, May 17, the federal court in Pensacola, Florida, began another jury trial as part of the ongoing litigation regarding the company’s Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2...

On Friday, April 30, the jury reached a verdict in the first trial regarding the company’s Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) product. The jury sided with the three plaintiffs and awarded...

Noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus unfortunately are common injury risks in combat and off-duty situations. This has been a well-known and accepted part of military service for decades....

What’s happening? On Monday, March 29, the federal court in Pensacola, Florida began a jury trial involving three plaintiff cases as part of the ongoing litigation regarding the company’s...