Theodore Finley filed a lawsuit under Texas law against 3M in January 2020 that stated he used the company’s combat arms earplug version 2 during his service from 2006 to 2014. He now suffers from noise-induced hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus, or a ringing in the ears.
A jury on Friday cleared 3M Co of fault in a lawsuit by a U.S. Army veteran who said she suffered hearing damage as a result of using the company's military-issue earplugs.
/PRNewswire/ On Friday, October 1, 2021, a federal jury in Pensacola, Florida determined that 3M Co. and its subsidiary Aearo Technologies LLC are liable.
It is the fourth trial against Minnesota-based company 3M related to earplugs that it sold to the military. Those earplugs were used during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 250,000 cases have been filed against the company.