"MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION IS LITIGATION PENDING IN MORE THAN ONE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT INVOLVING COMMON QUESTIONS OF FACT. WHEN SUCH CASES INVOLVE CIVIL ACTIONS, THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION MAY TRANSFER THEM TO ANY FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR COORDINATED AND CONSOLIDATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS."
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA"NO, IT IS NOT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. ALTHOUGH THE LEGAL THEORIES ARE THE SAME FOR EACH CASE, THE INDIVIDUAL DAMAGES DIFFER. THEREFORE, IT CANNOT BE A CLASS ACTION. EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE WILL BE EVALUATED BASED UPON THE EXPOSURE TO THE RISK (HOW OFTEN PLAINTIFFS WORE THE 3M EARPLUGS) AND THE INDIVIDUAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED (DEGREE OF HEARING LOSS AND TINNITUS).
