(Reuters) – A jury on Friday ordered 3M Co to pay $77.5 million to a U.S. navy veteran who stated he suffered listening to harm on account of utilizing the corporate’s military-issue earplugs, in response to a spokesperson for the plaintiff’s attorneys.

The decision is the most important but for a single particular person within the sprawling litigation over the earplugs. Out of 16 trials held up to now, plaintiffs have received 10 and 3M has received 6.