A federal jury in Florida has awarded the highest amount to date against
Theodore Finley’s award consists of $7.5 million in compensatory damages and $15 million in punitive damages, according to his counsel.
Finley’s trial was the eighth in the massive consolidated litigation against 3M and its Aearo Technologies LLC subsidiary over Aearo Combat Arms version 2 earplugs.
“Juries continue to find that 3M’s earplugs were defective and that they are responsible for causing irreparable ...