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3M hit with $22.5 million verdict in latest U.S. military earplug trial

Dec 10 - A federal jury on Friday awarded $22.5 million to a U.S. Army veteran who alleged that combat earplugs sold by $3M$ Co caused him to suffer hearing loss and tinnitus, the biggest verdict yet in massive litigation over the product.Jurors in Pensacola, Florida, sided with former U.S. Army soldier Theodore Finley in the latest trial to result from more than 272,000 lawsuits by servicemembers and veterans who say defective earplugs made by 3M caused their hearing damage.Finley, who used th

3M hit with $22.5 million verdict in latest U.S. military earplug trial

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3M hit with $22.5 million verdict in latest U.S. military earplug trial

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