🤔 250,000 veterans agree to $6B settlement with earplug company

👂A $6 billion settlement involving roughly 250,000 veterans will move forward in a lawsuit that argued faulty earplugs were sold to the military for use during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. For the settlement, 98% of service members and veterans with claims had to agree to it. 3M, the Minnesota-based company that made the earplugs, announced Tuesday that 99% of claimants are on board.


https://www.stripes.com/veterans/202...-13433653.html

Lemme guess the lawyers get $5.9Billion and the victims get giftcards to buy new earplugs. Yay Justice!

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Originally Posted by streaker69

Lemme guess the lawyers get $5.9Billion and the victims get giftcards to buy new earplugs. Yay Justice!

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Don't forget 10% for the BIG guy 🤔

I haven*t heard anything about this. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by imashooter2

I haven*t heard anything about this. :rolleyes:

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Maybe you're a victim of faulty 3m earplugs.

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Originally Posted by streaker69

Lemme guess the lawyers get $5.9Billion and the victims get giftcards to buy new earplugs. Yay Justice!

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In my limited experience, the "settlement" that class members agree to does not include attorney's fees. They are a separate line item in the agreement, and typically involve less argument between sides than the money divvied up to the masses. The included veterans should get around $24,000 each, before any applicable taxes (some settlement monies are taxable, and some are not.)

Can I sue the government for not supplying ear plugs in Vietnam and get 24k??

I used them for years but no service. Shame I can't participate in the settlement

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Originally Posted by gnbrotz

In my limited experience, the "settlement" that class members agree to does not include attorney's fees

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I won in a class action suit but never agreed to anything. However, the lawyers did take about 25% off the top for preparing the claims.