Litigation Status
Where this docket stands today
The 3M Combat Arms Earplug MDL (MDL 2885) reached a $6 billion global settlement in 2023 that resolved the vast majority of eligible veteran claims. Claims from veterans who were not part of the initial settlement, who opted out, or who have only recently discovered their hearing loss may still be viable. Volume and availability fluctuate — contact us to discuss current pipeline before committing to a volume target on this docket.
Docket-Specific Pre-Screen
What we confirm before every 3M Earplugs lead is delivered
- Military service confirmed — branch, years of service, and service era.
- 3M Combat Arms Earplug use confirmed — standard issue during the relevant service period.
- Hearing loss or tinnitus diagnosis confirmed — documented by audiologist or VA medical staff.
- VA disability rating for hearing loss or tinnitus referenced where applicable.
- Not part of the 2023 global settlement or the claimant opted out.
- Not currently represented by another firm on the 3M earplug docket.
- Service records available or requestable through VA channels.
- SOL analysis per state and under federal discovery rule.
The Market
The 3M Earplugs market
The 3M Combat Arms Earplug litigation is the largest mass tort MDL in U.S. history by case count, with hundreds of thousands of veteran plaintiffs alleging 3M failed to warn that the dual-ended earplugs could loosen and allow damaging sound exposure during military service. The $6 billion global settlement in 2023 resolved the majority of filed cases, but not every eligible veteran filed before the settlement window, and not every filed case was part of the resolution.
Remaining viable cases are limited but not zero. Some veterans only recently discovered the connection between their hearing loss and the earplugs. Some opted out of the settlement. Some filed late and face different procedural postures. Any active case acquisition on this docket should account for the mature stage of the litigation and the narrower remaining claimant population.
Docket Pipeline
How 3M Earplugs leads are qualified
Targeted Acquisition
Only people who matched your exact criteria submitted a form.
Form Pre-Screen
SOL, liability, insurance, and intent — all confirmed before delivery.
OTP Phone Verification
The number is real. We proved it before you see it.
Exclusive Delivery
Your CRM. One firm. In under 15 seconds.
Pricing is per qualified lead — never a retainer, never a setup fee, never a monthly commitment. Calculate your all-in cost per signed retainer before you book the call.
Delivery Standards
How every lead arrives and what stands behind it
Every lead passes through four verification steps before delivery. Targeted acquisition drives intake traffic only from people who match your stated criteria. The form pre-screen documents SOL, liability, injury severity, and representation status. OTP phone verification confirms the number is real, active, and in possession of the claimant — not Google Voice, not a disconnected line, not a wrong number. Exclusive delivery places the lead into your CRM inside 15 seconds, locked to your firm ID with a permanent delivery timestamp.
Exclusivity is contractual, not verbal. Your client agreement contains a binding exclusivity term — every lead is sold to exactly one firm and there is no operational path for us to re-deliver it. TrustedForm certificates and Jornaya lead IDs travel with every lead as an independent consent audit trail, timestamped outside our own delivery system. The 48-hour credit exchange is written into your agreement as a contract term, not a return policy: expired SOL at delivery, liability that clearly does not hold based on pre-screen facts, case type mismatch, or represented-at-delivery all qualify without additional documentation. Your intake team’s assessment is sufficient.
Coverage runs in 38 states. Pricing is per qualified lead — no retainer, no setup fee, no monthly commitment. Volume can be paused or reduced with 30 days notice without penalty. Auto-connect puts your intake team on the phone with the claimant within 60 seconds of delivery, which is the single largest lever on contact-to-signed-retainer conversion in every vendor benchmark we have run. Firms routinely report 18–23% close rates on identical leads simply by moving first-call contact from 5 minutes to 60 seconds.
Read the full pipeline breakdown for operational detail on each verification step, or run your numbers with the cost-per-retainer calculator before booking a call.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Partially. The $6 billion global settlement in 2023 resolved the majority of filed claims. Individual cases from veterans who opted out, who only recently discovered the hearing loss connection, or who have unique procedural postures may still be viable. Volume is substantially reduced from the docket's peak.
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The Arrangement
No retainer. No setup fee. No monthly commitment.
Start receiving verified leads in 5–7 days. One firm per case. Every lead OTP-verified. Credit exchange written into your client agreement.