An Alabama law firm will likely have to pay more than $800,000—plus another $100,000 in sanctions—for failing to verify hearing loss in hundreds of Ugandans who claimed part of the massive settlement over faulty 3M earplugs.
“It’s been a learning experience for us,” said Birmingham attorney Stephen Heninger of the Heninger Garrison Davis law firm, one of many mass-tort firms that were part of the multi-district federal litigation over the 3M Combat Arms earplugs. “It’s extremely doubtful we will represent foreign claimants again because they’re not as trustworthy as people in the United States and