LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky jury has awarded $67.5 million in damages to two coal miners who claimed defective 3M dust masks led to their debilitating black-lung disease. Of the total ...

M sued three plaintiffs’ attorneys in federal court on Friday, accusing them of running a racketeering scheme to file dozens ...

Alleging a fraudulent scheme to drive up costs and damages in dust-mask litigation, 3M Co. obtained court orders, upheld on appeal, to depose a well-known Houston products liability law firm.

Two former coal miners in Kentucky who claimed defective dust masks led to their debilitating ... million in punitive damages against the mask maker, 3M Co. The remaining amount is to compensate ...

Alleging a fraudulent scheme to drive up costs and damages in dust-mask litigation, 3M Co. obtained court orders, upheld on appeal, to depose a well-known Houston products liability law firm.

She also said that her husband used a 3M Model 8500 particle mask while removing asbestos at Colgate-Palmolive, and that the mask did not adequately protect him from exposure to asbestos dust. 3M ...

Growing investment by leading mask manufacturers such as 3M, Honeywell ... from breathing in small particles in the air such as dust and mold and filter out even the minutest particles which ...