5/10/2023 0 Comments Dual ended combat arms earplugs![]() Hatch-Waxman Litigation & Counseling, Intellectual Property, Business Litigationĭefective Products, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injuryĭefective Products, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Business Litigation and Class Action Personal Injury, Defective Products, Business Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Class Actionĭefective Products, Drug & Medical Device Defects, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injuryĭefective Products, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Class Actionīusiness Litigation, Defective Products, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Class Action Personal Injury, Defective Products, Medical Malpractice, Drug & Medical Device Defects, Business Litigation, Class Actionĭefective Products, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death Individual or company violating a contract or law, fraud, criminal acts, more… Surgical errors, birth injuries, delays in diagnosis, medication errors, more…Ĭatastrophic or personal injury due to another person’s negligence, more… Wide scale harm caused by negligence, carelessness or irresponsible actions, more… Patent infringement, trademarks, copyrights, tradesecrets, more…. Injury or death due to unsafe or untested drugs or medical devices, more… Personal harm or death due to design, manufacturing or marketing flaws, more… Unlawful Search and Seizure, Freedom of Speech, 2nd Amendment Rights, more…Ĭonsumer Fraud, Environmental, Governmental and MDL claims, more…. If you or a loved one were active in the military from 2003 to 2015 and have suffered from tinnitus or partial or total hearing loss as a result of 3M’s Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, please contact our firm today at 88.Breach of Contract, Antitrust, Financial and Business Disputes, more… Many affected military members receive partial disability and hearing aids from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), but they may still be entitled to compensation from 3M for injuries they suffered, including tinnitus, hearing loss, or other health issues caused by 3M’s earplugs. The defective earplugs may have caused significant hearing loss in military veterans, including combat veterans who did tours in Afghanistan or Iraq, reserve members who were stateside but routinely fired weapons for training, and Navy and Air Force personnel. Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Caused By 3M Earplugs further alleged that 3M did not disclose this design defect to the military. ![]() had alleged that 3M and its predecessor, Aearo Technologies, Inc., knew that the earplugs were too short for proper insertion into users’ ears and that the earplugs could loosen imperceptibly and therefore did not perform properly, putting service members at risk for hearing loss and tinnitus (i.e. military without disclosing defects that hampered the effectiveness of the hearing protection device.” Specifically, the U.S. In July 2018, the Department of Justice announced that 3M “agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) to the U.S. 3M knew that the earplugs failed to pass safety test after safety test, but still chose to sell the defective devices to the U.S. Gradually, the earplugs loosen and become completely useless to the user.ģM was aware of their design problems years before they became standard issue in the armed services. The claims filed against 3M state that their earplugs did not function as described, and were, in fact, not long enough to be properly inserted into a service member’s ears. MilitaryģM’s Dual-Ended Combat Arms TM Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2), which are now no longer in production, were given to thousands of service men and servicewomen from 2003 to 2015 – putting them at risk for serious and permanent effects, including partial or total hearing loss and tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in the ears.ģM’s earplugs were designed to be used as either standard earplugs or they could be turned around to provide the user with normal hearing while at the same time, protecting the eardrums from gunfire, explosions or aircraft noise. 3M Company Knowingly Sold Defective Earplugs to the U.S.
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