LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky jury has awarded $67.5 million in damages to two coal miners who claimed defective 3M dust masks led to their debilitating black-lung disease. Of the total, $62.5 million ...

3M to Depose Lawyer Amid Law Firm Fraud Claims in Dust-Mask Litigation The 3M petitions attempt to make the case the attorney possibly knew more than what he has admitted about a co-counsel's ...

Black-lung disease damages the organ and causes a decline in respiratory function. Getty Images A Knott County jury has awarded $67.5 million in damages to two former coal miners who claimed defective ...

The patent for a brassiere that can do double duty as a pair of particulate-filtering FACEMASKS featured in the Nov. 3, 2008, Newscripts column prompted a number of readers to write in about the oddly ...