Reuters reports that a jury in federal district court on Florida has awarded $800,000 in compensatory damages and $12.25 million in punitive damages to a serviceman who said he suffered hearing loss after using military issue earplugs made by 3M.  This is the seventh bellwether trial in this multidistrict litigation in which 3M faces more than 270,000 claims.  3M has prevailed in three trials and the plaintiffs have prevailed in four.  3M says it plans to appeal this result.