A federal appeals court docket granted 3M Co. ’s ask for to evaluation a bankruptcy judge’s refusal to stop mass injuries lawsuits from continuing from the conglomerate adhering to the chapter 11 submitting of its earplug manufacturing device, Aearo Technologies LLC.
The Seventh U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday granted Aearo’s petition requesting a immediate overview of the individual bankruptcy-court ruling, bypassing a federal-district courtroom and placing the attractiveness on a faster observe to resolution.