U.S. appeals court reinstates medical device lawsuits against 3M The 8th Circuit reverses Minneapolis judge's dismissal of nearly 6,000 cases alleging that 3M's Bair Hugger was faulty, but a day later ...

Aug 16 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits alleging that a widely used device produced by 3M Co to keep surgical patients warm caused them to develop infections ...

Maplewood-based 3M said Thursday that a federal court has dismissed all lawsuits against the company’s Bair Hugger system, used to warm patients before, during and after surgery. The decision ...

Plaintiff's agreement to drop 'duplicative' case does not bar state case Appeal of thousands of other Bair Hugger cases still pending (Reuters) - A man who alleges he developed a joint infection from ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M announced today that a federal court has dismissed all of the federal lawsuits against the 3M™ Bair Hugger™ system. The legal victory comes after six years of ...

Three lead plaintiffs attorneys accused in a sanctions motion of disclosing sealed documents in lawsuits over Bair Hugger surgical blankets have brought their own motion for sanctions, claiming 3M's ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reinstated Monday almost 6,000 products liability lawsuits filed against 3M in relation to a surgical device that was meant to keep patients warm but ...

Federal court dismisses thousands of lawsuits in multidistrict litigation against patient warming system ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 3M announced today that a federal court has dismissed all of ...