UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

PENSACOLA DIVISION 

IN RE: 3M COMBAT ARMS ) Case No. 3:19md2885 

EARPLUG PRODUCTS LIABILITY ) 

LITIGATION ) 

 ) Judge M. Casey Rodgers 

This Document Relates to All Cases ) Magistrate Judge Gary R. Jones 

JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING CHOICE OF LAW FACT-FINDING 

Following the January 8, 2021 evidentiary hearing on choice of law, the Court 

directed the parties to meet and confer about the scope and limitations of the Court’s 

fact-finding from that hearing. The parties have advised the Court that they have 

agreed on the following stipulation: 

1. The parties recognize that the issue regarding where the plaintiffs’ 

injuries, if any, occurred may implicate their Seventh Amendment rights. The 

parties agree that the choice of law issues for Trial Group A plaintiffs may be decided 

by Judge Rodgers based on the law and the present evidentiary record under a 

preponderance of the evidence standard. To the extent the Court’s decision on the 

applicable state law involved determinations of facts (including where plaintiffs’ 

injuries, if any occurred), those determinations will apply only to the question of 

what state’s law applies and thus will not be binding for any other purpose on the 

Court, the parties, or the jury. 

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2. Nothing in this stipulation shall be interpreted as an admission by 

Plaintiffs’ counsel or Defendants’ counsel that any Plaintiff was or was not injured, 

nor shall this stipulation be interpreted as a waiver of the parties’ positions as to what 

state’s law applies. 

DATED: January 11, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Bryan F. Aylstock 

Bryan F. Aylstock, Lead Counsel 

Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, 

PLLC

17 East Main Street Suite 200 

Pensacola, FL 32502 

Tel.: (850) 202-1010 

baylstock@awkolaw.com

Shelley V. Hutson, Co-Lead Counsel

Clark, Love & Hutson, GP 

440 Louisiana Street 

Suite 1600 

Houston, TX 77002 

Tel.: (713) 757-1400 

shutson@triallawfirm.com 

Christopher A. Seeger, Co-Lead 

Counsel

Seeger Weiss LLP 

77 Water Street 

8th Floor 

New York, NY 10005 

Tel.: (212) 587-0700 

cseeger@seegerweiss.com 

Michael A. Burns, Co-Liaison Counsel 

Mostyn Law Firm 

/s/ Robert C. Brock 

Robert C. “Mike” Brock 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

Tel.: (202) 389-5991 

mike.brock@kirkland.com 

Mark J. Nomellini 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

300 North LaSalle 

Chicago, Illinois 60654 

Tel.: (312) 862-3254 

mnomellini@kirkland.com 

Kimberly Branscome 

DECHERT LLP 

633 W. 5th St., Suite 4900 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Tel.: (213) 808-5762 

kimberly.branscome@dechert.com 

Counsel for Defendants 3M Company, 

3M Occupational Safety LLC, Aearo 

Technologies LLC, Aearo Holding, 

LLC, Aearo Intermediate, LLC and 

Aearo LLC 

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3810 W. Alabama Street 

Houston, TX 77027 

Tel.: (713) 714-0000 

maburns@mostynlaw.com 

Brian H. Barr, Co-Liaison Counsel

Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, 

Rafferty, & Proctor, P.A.

316 S Baylen St. Ste 600 

Pensacola, FL 32502 

Tel.: (850) 435-7045 

bbarr@levinlaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

The undersigned hereby certifies that on January 11, 2021, a copy of the 

foregoing was filed on the Court’s CM/ECF system, which will serve all counsel of 

record.

 DATED: January 11, 2021 /s/ Robert C. Brock 

Robert C. “Mike” Brock 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

Tel.: (202) 389-5991 

mike.brock@kirkland.com 

Counsel for Defendants 3M Company, 

3M Occupational Safety LLC, Aearo 

Technologies LLC, Aearo Holding, 

LLC, Aearo Intermediate, LLC and 

Aearo, LLC 

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