An ex-Royal Marines commando from Birmingham has joined a legal action claiming he lost part of his hearing because of faulty earplugs supplied to soldiers. Dad-of-two Dave Pettifer, 47, is a ...

American firm 3M supplied at least 400,000 sets of its Combat Arms Earplugs to the Ministry of Defence over a 20-year period, but it's alleged they were defective. The company is now being sued in ...

Dave trains youngsters at a boxing gym, where he said he also struggled to hear. 3M was said to have supplied combat arms earplugs to the UK’s Military of Defence (MoD) between 2003 and 2023. It ...

Read Next: Picture of Special Forces Soldier Wearing Nazi Patch Triggers Army Investigation The cases revolved around 3M's Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2, that were issued to troops between 2003 ...

which was brought by hundreds of thousands of veterans and active service members who say their hearing damage was caused by defective military issue Combat Arms earplugs manufactured by Aearo ...

matters relating to Combat Arms Earplugs ("CAE"), including those relating to, the August 2023 settlement that is intended to resolve, to the fullest extent possible, all litigation and alleged ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, 3M (NYSE: MMM) announced that claimant participation in the Combat Arms Earplugs litigation settlement is on track to exceed the 98% ...

The 3M Combat Arms Earplugs are at the center of the larger, $6 billion lawsuit, where more than 250,000 veterans and active service members said the earplugs caused hearing loss. They were ...