3M Co. is battling lawsuits from more than 50 orthopedic surgery patients who say the company's popular "Bair Hugger" warming blankets, used to keep people warm before surgery, circulated contaminants ...

3M won the first round in the legal dispute over its patient-warming system, but the battle is far from over. More than 4,700 people are suing Maplewood-based 3M Co. over its Bair Hugger system, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...