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.

The claims of hundreds of thousands of military service members who said they developed hearing loss or tinnitus by using defective earplugs knowingly sold to the U.S. military by 3M could be settled ...

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 ...

An attempt by 3M Company to declare bankruptcy in an effort to lessen the financial toll of pending lawsuits by veterans alleging hearing loss has been denied. The Aug. 26 decision by an Indiana ...

3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing company supplied faulty combat earplugs to the military that resulted in significant injuries, such ...

Saying 3M has engaged in “bad faith manipulation,” a federal judge quashed the company’s effort to shift responsibility for an avalanche of military earplug lawsuits to a bankrupt subsidiary. The ...

Some troops who have filed lawsuits over earplugs they say were defective may be in line for around $15,000 each as part of a $6 billion settlement with manufacturing conglomerate 3M, Task & Purpose ...

A federal judge in Indiana has ruled that hundreds of thousands of lawsuits against 3M over allegedly faulty earplugs it provided to the U.S. Military will not be put on hold while the company’s ...

A 3M subsidiary claims that U.S. Defense Department records show that over 175,00 military members who allege the Maplewood-based company's earplugs were defective have normal hearing under key ...

Manufacturing giant 3M said it reached a $6 billion settlement Tuesday agreeing to resolve some 300,000 lawsuits that allege the company supplied defective earplugs to the military that left some with ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...