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.

11-NEWS EYE TEAM REPORTER LISA ROBINSON EXPLAINS. >> >> COMBAT NOISE FOR SOLDIERS IN TRAINING OR FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES ON THE GROUND, AT SEA AND IN THE AIR IS A HAZARD. TO PROTECT THEIR HEARING, ...

3M is sending $253 million in payments to thousands of U.S. military service members and veterans who allege the conglomerate's earplugs left them with hearing loss. The settlement resolves a more ...

Eight months after the 3M company agreed to pay the U.S. government $9.1 million to resolve allegations it knowingly sold the U.S. military defective earplugs, the first Connecticut lawsuit alleging ...

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, which could ...

Investing.com – 3M Company stock (NYSE:MMM) traded 1.5% lower in Monday’s premarket following another adverse ruling in a case involving the use of company’s earplugs in the military. A federal jury ...

SAINT LOUIS, Mo. — Retired Army Master Sergeant, Greg Santoni, said his Facebook feed is filled with ads recruiting members of the armed forces that served between 2003-2015. The ads claim 3M supplied ...

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 and ...

The company is participating to help hometown fans avoid hearing loss during the game, when partisans hope to set a new noise standard. Watching the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs' home game on Sunday, ...

A U.S. military veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan for two years is one of nearly 300,000 ex-servicemen suing an ear plugs manufacturer claiming the devices were faulty. Joseph Sigmon, 37, ...