COMBAT ARMS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTCombat Arms Settlement Agreement • August 28th, 2023 • New York
This Master Settlement Agreement (“the Settlement” or the “MSA”), dated August 29, 2023 between: (1) 3M Company (“3M”) and Aearo Technologies LLC, an acquired subsidiary of 3M (“Aearo”) (collectively, along with 3M Occupational Safety, Aearo Holding LLC, Aearo Intermediate LLC, and Aearo LLC, collectively (“Aearo”), and along with 3M, collectively “Defendants”); and (2) the undersigned Plaintiffs’ Leadership in In re Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2885, U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Florida (“MDL Court”); and (3) the undersigned Plaintiffs’ Leadership in the Minnesota coordinated state court action pending in the 4th Judicial District, County of Hennepin, Minnesota, File No. 27-CV-19- 19916 (“MN Court”), collectively the “Negotiating Plaintiffs’ Counsel” (“NPC”). Defendants and the NPC are each a “Party,” and, together with the NPC, are the “Parties.”
