3M Faces Potentially Billions in Liabilities Over $7.63 Earplugs

A tiny enterprise for 3M foam earplugs for the U.S. army—threatens to change into a serious legal responsibility for the manufacturing large.

More than 100,000 U.S. army veterans have filed lawsuits against Minnesota-based 3M over listening to injury linked to what they declare are defects in the corporate’s military-grade earplugs. The firm faces billions of {dollars} in potential prices from authorized settlements or trials after troopers alleged they returned from battle with listening to injury as a result of earplugs, which the federal government purchased for round $7.63 a pair.