For a complete record of the filings in this matter to date, please log into PACER and review the master MDL docket, Case No. This website is provided for the convenience of all interested parties. The Panel also found that centralization would “eliminate duplicative discovery prevent inconsistent pretrial rulings on Daubert issues and other pretrial matters and conserve the resources of the parties, their counsel, and the judiciary.” The Department of Justice has announced that 3M will pay 9.1 million to resolve the assertions that the company knowingly sold defective earplugs to U.S.
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The Panel determined that these actions involve common question of fact “concerning the design, testing, sale, and marketing” of the Combat Arms earplugs. The related actions generally allege that the defendants’ dual-ended Combat Arms earplugs were defective and caused the plaintiffs to develop hearing loss and/or tinnitus. Department of Justice (DOJ) about the CAEv2 product to avoid the time and expense of litigation. 2885, to this Court for pretrial proceedings before Judge M. In July 2018, 3M chose to settle claims brought by the U.S.
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On April 3, 2019, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation centralized and transferred the 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, MDL No.