{"id":76354,"date":"2024-03-28T15:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/28\/nearly-250k-vets-to-receive-payouts-in-3m-earplug-settlement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:43:53","slug":"nearly-250k-vets-to-receive-payouts-in-3m-earplug-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2024\/03\/28\/nearly-250k-vets-to-receive-payouts-in-3m-earplug-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 250,000 veterans to receive payouts in 3M earplug settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 249,000 veterans will receive part of the $6 billion lawsuit settlement against 3M as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/industry\/2023\/08\/29\/3m-agrees-to-pay-6b-to-settle-earplug-lawsuits\/?contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A645%7D&#038;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8\" target=\"_blank\">Combat Arms Earplug settlement<\/a> announced in 2023, corporate officials announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figure represents more than 99% of all of the claimants who filed suit against the manufacturing company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/02\/14\/hundreds-of-vets-are-suing-over-these-defective-combat-earplugs\/\" target=\"_blank\">accusing them of causing hearing damage in troops<\/a> through faulty production of military-grade hearing protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earplugs, produced by Aearo Technologies before that company was bought by 3M in 2008, were sold from 1999 to 2015 and used extensively by troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/29\/bankruptcy-denied-in-3m-earplug-lawsuit-legal-battle-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\">high-profile legal fight<\/a> has been grinding through courts for years, with a handful of individual claimants winning their cases against the company. In summer 2023, attorneys involved in a class-action lawsuit against the company announced plans to end all outstanding action against 3M if at least 98% of claimants agreed to the $6 billion settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the nearly 300,000 cases filed against the company, more than 41,000 were thrown out by the court overseeing the agreement, 3M officials said. Those dismissals allowed lawyers to meet the threshold for triggering the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3M, based in Minnesota, has not acknowledged flaws with the earplugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In past statements, officials from the company have said the equipment is safe and effective \u201cwhen used properly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans involved in the lawsuit will see payouts between now and 2029. 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