IN RE: 3M COMBAT ARMS EARPLUG PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
Case Number:
3:19-md-02885
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Allen Matkins
- Aylstock Witkin
- Blackwell Burke PA
- Bowman & Brooke
- Boyd & Jenerette
- Bradley Arant
- Butler Snow LLP
- Clark Love & Hutson
- Dechert LLP
- Dentons
- Goldman Ismail
- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
- Hawkins Parnell
- Heninger Garrison
- Hogan Lovells
- Holland & Knight
- Husch Blackwell
- Hutcheson Bowers
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Levin Papantonio
- Manning Gross
- Moore Hill & Westmoreland
- Nelson Mullins
- Norton Rose
- Ongaro PC
- Paul Weiss
- Pierson Ferdinand LLP
- Seeger Weiss
- Segal McCambridge
- Seward & Kissel
- Shook Hardy
- Spencer Fane
- Squire Patton
- Thomas Combs
- Thompson Coe
- Vorys
- White & Case
- Williams & Connolly
- Wilson Sonsini
- Yetter Coleman
Companies
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June 03, 2024
No Sanctions For 'Fraudulent' Signatures In 3M Earplug MDL
A Florida federal judge has decided against sanctioning two law firms that signed documents in place of their clients but chastised their lawyers' "obviously improper" act, which could have cut their clients out of their share of the $6 billion settlement in the 3M combat earplugs multidistrict litigation.
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May 22, 2024
3M Says Insurers Are Dodging Coverage Of $6B Earplug Deal
3M and its subsidiary Aearo Technologies have reported difficulties getting their insurers to pay out more than $1.5 billion in coverage after the companies reached a $6 billion deal to settle multidistrict litigation alleging their combat earplugs failed to protect the hearing of service members and veterans.
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January 16, 2024
3M Earplug Trial Litigants Agree To $6B Deal
3M has said that since it reached a $6 billion deal to end claims that its combat earplugs failed to protect the hearing of service members and veterans, it has won the support of plaintiffs who had been preparing to go to trial in Florida and Minnesota.
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November 06, 2023
3M Earplug Judge Drops Over 3,500 Claims In MDL
The Florida federal judge overseeing the 3M earplug multidistrict litigation has closed several claims due to duplicate cases and overlapping representation, which she said have "plagued" the case, after her deadline ordering dupes be dropped and overlapping counsel issues be resolved passed.
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October 16, 2023
3M Earplug MDL Judge Warns Of Scam Calls To Claimants
Scammers are reaching out to some of the 260,000 claimants in the tentative $6 billion settlement which could end allegations that 3M combat earplugs caused hearing damage, a Florida federal judge said, warning claimants and attorneys not to be fooled by the callers.
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October 10, 2023
3M Earplug MDL Judge Threatens Sanctions For Dupe Filings
A federal magistrate judge overseeing a massive multidistrict lawsuit military veterans and service members brought against 3M for faulty combat earplugs warned plaintiffs' attorneys Saturday that sanctions would be issued if they continued to create duplicate claims and filings that she said wasted court resources and added needless complexity to the largest multidistrict litigation in U.S. history.
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August 29, 2023
3M Strikes $6B Deal In Combat Earplug Litigation
3M on Tuesday said that it had reached a $6 billion deal to end more than 260,000 claims that its combat earplugs failed to protect the hearing of servicemembers and veterans, capping the largest multidistrict litigation in U.S. history.
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July 11, 2023
Top Product Liability Cases Of 2023: Midyear Review
A recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion that expanded states' jurisdiction over out-of-state companies, billions of dollars in settlements over so-called "forever" chemicals, and a verdict over Tesla's autopilot technology are among the top product liability cases so far in 2023.
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July 05, 2023
Product Liability Cases To Watch: 2023 Midyear Report
A challenge to a decades-old decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve an abortion drug has ramifications for product liability cases involving federal agency decisions, and the first talc trial since Johnson & Johnson placed a subsidiary in bankruptcy may influence whether other claimants opt to accept an $8.9 billion settlement.
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June 12, 2023
Kirkland Seeks $13M Fees In 3M Unit's Tossed Bankruptcy
Kirkland & Ellis LLP on Sunday sought an Indiana federal judge's approval for nearly $13 million in fees and expenses for the firm's representation of 3M subsidiary Aereo Technology's bankruptcy case between February and April, days after the judge tossed the case upon finding the company financially healthy.