A federal choose questioned 3M Co. ’s plan to shift mass lawsuits involving navy earplugs to chapter court docket, saying {that a} company subsidiary “voluntarily agreed” to tackle these damage liabilities earlier than submitting for chapter 11.
Choose M. Casey Rodgers within the U.S. District Courtroom in Pensacola, Fla., deferred a ruling Thursday on navy veterans’ request that she preserve jurisdiction over mass claims that 3M earplugs had been faulty, the biggest multidistrict litigation in U.S. historical past.
