A federal appeals court docket granted 3M Co. ’s request to assessment a chapter decide’s refusal to cease mass damage lawsuits from continuing towards the conglomerate following the chapter 11 submitting of its earplug manufacturing unit, Aearo Applied sciences LLC.
The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday granted Aearo’s petition requesting a direct assessment of the bankruptcy-court ruling, bypassing a federal-district court docket and placing the enchantment on a quicker observe to decision.
