IN RE: 3M COMBAT ARMS EARPLUG PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
PENSACOLA DIVISION
IN RE: 3M COMBAT ARMS
EARPLUG PRODUCTS
Case No. 3:19md2885
LIABILITY LITIGATION
This Document Relates to:
All Cases
Judge M. Casey Rodgers
Magistrate Judge Hope T. Cannon
ORDER
The Special Master’s Report and Recommendation on leadership law firms’
distribution percentages of the Common Benefit Fund was filed on June 11, 2026,
ECF No. 4216, and all interested parties have been afforded an opportunity to file
objections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The time for objecting has passed.
When reviewing a report and recommendation, the Court must “make a de
novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or
recommendations to which objection is made.” Id. The district judge “may accept,
reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings and recommendations made.” Id.
After consulting with the Special Master CPA and Settlement Administrator
regarding the funds available for attorney’s fees distribution from the Common
Benefit Fund, the undersigned has decided to issue an interim distribution payment
for those law firms without objection/response to the Report and Recommendation
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and for whom the Special Master’s Report and Recommendation is adopted by this
Order.
The law firms listed on the attached Exhibit have withdrawn their timely filed
objections. 	Accordingly, on de novo review, the undersigned concludes that the
Report and Recommendation should be and is adopted as to the recommended
percentage fee distribution for the law firms identified on the attached Exhibit and
approves the respective interim distribution payments as outlined in the Exhibit. The
Special Master CPA is authorized to issue the interim payments and is directed to
do so promptly.
SO ORDERED, this 3rd day of July 2026.
M. Casey Rodgers
M. CASEY RODGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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