Nine U.S. Army bases will be part of the initial testing and sampling, but the EPA hopes to eventually test 235 different locations for PFAS water contamination.
The medical malpractice lawsuit claims an Army hospital made several errors during gastric bypass surgery, resulting in paralysis and eventual death.
Judge said both sides' hearing loss testing methods for the earplug lawsuits failed to address specific causation
Information and statistics on hearing loss linked to 3M earplugs will be made available to the public after the Data Day presentation on Feb. 23
Committee indicates 3M earplug lawsuit bankruptcy filing is nearly identical to one pursued by Johnson & Johnson in talcum powder cancer lawsuits, which was rejected by a federal appeals court last month.
A federal judge says the manufacturer has given up on efforts to reach a global 3M earplug lawsuit settlement that would resolve all claims, making additional court-ordered mediation unnecessary
Rather than negotiating settlements to resolve more than 200,000 earplug hearing loss lawsuits, recent bankruptcy filing details the millions in defense costs 3M Company has continued to incur
Court notes that 3M only adopted its current stance of claiming it is not liable for military earplug lawsuit injuries after juries ordered the company to pay $300 million in a series of early bellwether trials.
Appeals court has been asked to stay all lawsuits against 3M Company, while its Aearo subsidiary goes through a controversial Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Plaintiffs say 3M's claims of immunity from liability do not apply to injuries which occurred after the company bought its Aearo subsidiary in 2008.
