Report: 3M Close to Reaching $5.5B Earplugs Settlement

3M has reportedly reached a tentative agreement to pay over $5.5 billion in a settlement from a lawsuit that claimed it sold defective combat earplugs.

3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing company supplied faulty combat earplugs to the military that resulted in significant injuries, such as hearing loss.

3M said it has agreed to pay $6 billion to settle lawsuits from U.S. service members who say they experienced hearing loss after using their faulty earplugs. Get more on that and other trending news here.