March 04, 2019 - A defective military ear plugs injury lawsuit filed against 3M—a Minnesota-based company—was settled in July 2018. The defective military ear plugs injury lawsuit was brought under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, also known as qui tam. The lawsuit affects all those soldiers who served in Iraq or Afghanistan between 2003 and 2015 who experienced partial hearing loss, total hearing loss, tinnitus, buzzing in the ears...

February 21, 2019 - The Combat Arms™ ear plugs were given to thousands of service members over the 13-year period, and it is yet unknown just how many veterans suffer buzzing in the ears, ringing in the ears, tinnitus, total hearing loss or partial hearing loss as a direct result of these defective ear plugs...

February 01, 2019 - The thousands and thousands of American war veterans who routinely place their lives on the line to protect our nation’s freedom may have been victims of a government contractor who was more interested in making money than in the health and welfare of our troops. Soldiers who were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq between 2003 and 2015 were routinely issued Dual-Ended Combat Arms™ ear plugs (CAEv2)...

January 18, 2019 - If you are a veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq between 2003 and 2015, you may be the victim of defective ear plugs sold to the military by 3M. These Combat Arms™ ear plugs have been found to have design defects which may have resulted in partial hearing loss, total hearing loss, tinnitus, ringing in the ears or buzzing in the ears.