3M loses third trial in huge military earplug mass tort

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A federal jury on Friday found that 3M Co failed to provide adequate safety warnings for its combat earplugs and that a U.S. Army veteran who said he developed tinnitus after using them sustained $1.7 million in damages, the second such verdict against the company.

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The ultimate amount that 3M would have pay to Lloyd Baker will be smaller, as the jury in Pensacola, Florida, found the company only 62% liable, according to a spokesperson for the plaintiffs' lawyers in the federal mass tort.

Jurors found that 3M failed to provide adequate warnings for the earplugs, according to the plaintiffs' lawyers, Bryan Aylstock of Aylstock Witkin Kreis & Overholtz, Shelley Hutson of Clark, Love & Hutson and Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss. "Two juries have now determined that 3M knew their earplugs were defective, yet they allowed our servicemembers to suffer these life-altering injuries," they said in a statement. "We plan to hold 3M fully accountable for the damage they have caused to those who served our nation.

Jurors also said that Baker, who served in the U.S. Army from 2005 to 2012, was 38% liable for his damages. 3M, which was represented at trial by Kimberly Branscome of Dechert and Robert Brock of Kirkland & Ellis, said they rejected his"We are exploring our appellate options with respect to the remainder of the jury's verdict," 3M said in a statement.

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Americans are so good at destroying their best companies.

Ear damage is awful and for the rest of your life. I hope that the settlement is HUGE. I'll be praying for America's finest in this one.

Carrionflower1 We could avoid all these court cases if we just granted all the biggest corporations legal immunity from everything.

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