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3M Notches Second Defense Verdict in Combat Earplug Trial
Friday's defense verdict comes in the fifth bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs. 3M won a previous verdict, but other juries have awarded $7.1 million, $1.7 million and $8.2 million to plaintiffs.
Have Jurors Changed Their Approach to Science?
Some lawyers who have handled trials this year say the COVID-19 pandemic has clouded how jurors perceive scientific and medical testimony, but others aren't convinced that juries have changed that much. More apparent, lawyers say, is that the political polarization surrounding the pandemic has seeped into the jury pool.
Some Attorneys Say The Pandemic Has Made Jurors More Skeptical of Science
Some lawyers who have handled trials this year say the COVID-19 pandemic has clouded how jurors perceive scientific and medical testimony, but others aren't convinced that juries have changed that much. More apparent, lawyers say, is that the political polarization surrounding the pandemic has seeped into the jury pool.
A Shadow Over Science? How the Pandemic Changed—Or Didn't Change—Jurors
Some lawyers who have handled trials this year say the COVID-19 pandemic has clouded how jurors perceive scientific and medical testimony, but others aren't convinced that juries have changed that much. More apparent, lawyers say, is that the political polarization surrounding the pandemic has seeped into the jury pool.
MDL Judges Are Coming Up With New Ways to Manage Thousands of Lawsuits
Judges in multidistrict litigation over Zantac and 3M's combat earplugs have used administrative dockets and registries to manage thousands of claims, while technology is being used to select cases for bellwether trials.
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As Florida Judges Handle Litigation Over Zantac and 3M, They Have a New Way to Track Claims
Judges in multidistrict litigation over Zantac and 3M's combat earplugs have used administrative dockets and registries to manage thousands of claims, while technology is being used to select cases for bellwether trials.
An Absolutely Stacked Week of Litigator of the Week Runners-up and Shout Outs
Topping the list of runners-up is the trial team that scored a defense win for Monsanto in a Roundup trial in Los Angeles.
Florida Jury Awards $8.2M in Fourth 3M Combat Earplug Verdict
Friday's verdict, which comes after two weeks of testimony in federal court in Pensacola, is the largest yet from bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs.
A Florida Judge Just Planned Eight 3M Earplug Trials in 5 Months
Judge M. Casey Rodgers, who is overseeing the 3M earplug multidistrict litigation in Pensacola, told lawyers it was "my responsibility as the presiding judge over this massive MDL to move things along." With COVID-19 cases surging in the area, she ordered all attorneys, parties and staff coming into her courtroom must show proof of vaccination or a negative test within the prior week.
Do Recalls of Consumer Products Lead to Lawsuits? Not Always.
Recent recalls of consumer products like Peloton treadmills, sleep apnea machines and sunscreen haven't faced the same level of legal exposure. Plaintiffs lawyers who file such class actions say a lot depends on the details of the recall.