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Combat Arms earplugs timeline

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2018

  1. Settlement announcementU.S. Attorney’s Office, South Carolina

    3M settles military procurement allegations over combat earplugs

2019

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court opens applications for plaintiffs’ leadership in Combat Arms cases

  2. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court sets out discovery and master pleading procedures for earplug cases

  3. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court suspends initial census deadlines in earplug litigation

2020

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court addresses early earplug trial selection and expert discovery

  2. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Judge directs random selection for early earplug trials

  3. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Judge allows consolidated responses to new remand requests in earplug cases

  4. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court addresses the first earplug trial group’s discovery and trial schedule

  5. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court replaces plaintiffs removed from the initial earplug trial group

  6. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court sets deadlines for newly selected earplug trial cases

  7. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court addresses government subpoenas and records in earplug discovery

  8. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court addresses VA records and witness depositions in earplug cases

  9. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Judge clarifies when medical examinations can take place in earplug cases

2021

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court sets procedures and deadlines for the first earplug trial

  2. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Judge sets deadlines for witness lists and depositions at the first earplug trial

  3. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court issues juror questionnaires for the first earplug trial

  4. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court allocates trial time in the Baker earplug case

  5. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Judge schedules the Joseph Taylor earplug trial

  6. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court revises pretrial deadlines for the Taylor earplug trial

2022

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Judge rules on challenges to expert opinions in earplug trial cases

  2. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Court grants the parties’ preservation requests in earplug litigation

2023

  1. Settlement announcement3M filing with the SEC

    3M announces a separate settlement for Combat Arms earplug injury claims

  2. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Earplug court warns claimants about callers impersonating the settlement administrator

  3. Court orderNorthern District of Florida

    Judge approves a joint request concerning stock issuance in the earplug settlement