According to a pretrial order issued in May 2019, all 3M earplugs lawyers will make presentations for various leadership roles in the litigation established for all federal 3M Combat Arms earplug lawsuits. The presentations will be made to the U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers on May 20 & 21.
The presentation on all 3M Combat Arms earplug lawsuits would be for 5 to 10 minutes. Around 64 attorneys have been scheduled to make presentations during the hearings, and the order is based on the alphabetical order of the attorney’s last name. Responsibility allocation, collaboration with other team members of the leadership, encouraging meaningful participation by non-leadership counsel, and/or using their unique and specialized skills and experience to fairly, effectively, and efficiently represent the interests of all plaintiffs in the litigation should be discussed as a part of the presentation.
More than 640 injury lawsuits related to the defective earplugs are centralized as part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2885; In Re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Litigation) presided by Judge M. Casey Rodgers in the Northern District of Florida against Minnesota-based 3M.
