Alleging a fraudulent scheme to drive up costs and damages in dust-mask litigation, 3M Co. obtained court orders, upheld on appeal, to depose a well-known Houston products liability law firm.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky jury has awarded $67.5 million in damages to two coal miners who claimed defective 3M dust masks led to their debilitating black-lung disease. Of the total ...

Two former coal miners in Kentucky who claimed defective dust masks led to their debilitating ... million in punitive damages against the mask maker, 3M Co. The remaining amount is to compensate ...

Getty Images A Knott County jury has awarded $67.5 million in damages to two former coal miners who claimed defective dust masks led ... damages against the mask maker, 3M Company, according ...

She also said that her husband used a 3M Model 8500 particle mask while removing asbestos at Colgate-Palmolive, and that the mask did not adequately protect him from exposure to asbestos dust. 3M ...