Mr Pettifer, a father-of-two from Oldbury, is among hundreds of soldiers in the UK taking legal action after allegedly being ...

3M has agreed to pay more than $6 billion to consumers and military members who alleged the company's ear plugs were defective and caused hearing loss, tinnitus and other hearing-related injuries.

3M announced Tuesday that it agreed to pay $6 ... the earplugs were faulty and “can slightly loosen and subtly move out of the ear canal just enough for the loud sounds to cause hearing damage.” ...

The Army employed the ear plugs from 2007 to 2013. 3M stopped selling them in 2015. 3M told Reuters it was "ready to defend ourselves against plaintiffs' allegations at all upcoming trials." ...

“It did not live up to any of the representations made by 3M concerning the protection it was going to afford service members.” The alleged defect arises from the stem of the ear plug being ...

Hundreds of veterans across the country, including dozens from Minnesota, are accusing Maplewood-based 3M of selling the military "dangerously defective" ear plugs that failed to protect Marines ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 3M Co. has agreed to pay $9.1 million to settle allegations it knowingly sold defective combat ear plugs to the U.S. military without disclosing defects that limited the ...

3M is nearing a $5.5 billion settlement over ear plug liability, which is at the low end of analyst estimates. The ear plug liability is smaller compared to the potential PFAS liability ...