Parties Dismiss Counterclaims In Coverage Dispute Over Earplug Liability Suits

( September 3, 2024, 1:56 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Plaintiffs and their insurer on Aug. 30 agreed to voluntarily dismiss two of the insurer’s counterclaims four days after a Delaware judge denied the plaintiffs’ motion for reargument of his ruling in favor of liability insurers in a coverage lawsuit arising from an underlying earplug product liability multidistrict litigation that resulted in a $6 billion settlement and millions of dollars of defense costs....