2nd Vioxx Lawsuit Goes to Trial

September 15, 2005

The second personal injury Vioxx lawsuit to go to trial started on Wednesday in New Jersey-just one month after a Texas jury found Merck and Co. liable for the death of a man taking Vioxx and awarded his widow $253.5 million.
The plaintiff, 60-year-old postal worker, Vietnam veteran, Frederick “Mike” Humeston, claims that Vioxx caused his [...]

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DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Realtor Group Over Web Listings Access

September 14, 2005

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) last week, challenging a policy that it claims curbs competition from online real estate brokers. The Department said that NAR’s policy prevents consumers from receiving the full benefits of competition and threatens to lock in outdated business models and discourages discounting.
“The purchase [...]

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Shipyard Worker Settles Lawsuit Over Exposure to Welding Rod Fumes

September 7, 2005

The first of 6,000 welding rod lawsuits scheduled to go to trial in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland was settled for undisclosed amount, said to be seven figures, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed by Charles Ruth, 38, a shipyard worker, said his neurological problems were caused from exposure to welding rod fumes. [...]

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Vioxx Lawsuits Moved to Houston due to Hurricane Katrina

September 7, 2005

Nearly 2,000 Vioxx lawsuits that were consolidated in a federal court in New Orleans are being moved to Houston, temporarily, because of the devastation caused from Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
The lawsuits filed against Merck & Company allege death and heart problems from taking the company’s withdrawn arthritis and pain relief drug Vioxx.
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Fisherman Gets $14M in Lawsuit Against DuPont Over Dixon Exposure

September 4, 2005

In the first verdict of nearly 2,000 lawsuits involving dioxin exposure from a chemicals plant, a Mississippi jury found DuPont DeLisle liable for Glen Strong’s rare blood cancer and awarded him $14 million. His wife received $1.5 million for loss of “love and companionship,” The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Strong, an oyster fisherman, and 1,995 other [...]

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California Attorney General Accuses Drug Companies of Fraud

August 29, 2005

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit on Thursday against 39 pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of defrauding the state of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The lawsuit alleges that the defendants attempted to maximize profits by engaging in insidious sales schemes to increase market share. Specifically, they provided false and misleading information with full knowledge [...]

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Jury Finds Merck Liable in Vioxx Trial and Awards $253 Million

August 23, 2005

In the first of thousands of Vioxx lawsuits to go to trial, a Texas jury on Friday found Merck and Co. liable for the death of man taking its arthritis drug Vioxx and awarded his widow $253.5 million.
The jury awarded Mr. Robert Ernest’s widow Carol $24.5 million for mental anguish and loss of companionship and [...]

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FDA Rejects Petition to Ban Diet Drug Meridia

August 18, 2005

The Food and Drug Administration has denied a petition by a consumer group to ban the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia (sibutramine) made by Abbott Laboratories Inc.
The petition, filed by Public Citizen in March 2002 and renewed in September 2003, asserted that Meridia was related to heart attacks and strokes. It cited 49 heart-related deaths and [...]

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U.S. Vioxx Trial Winding Down

August 16, 2005

Lawyers on both sides in the nation’s first Vioxx-related trial are expected to make their final arguments Wednesday, The Associated Press reported Monday.
The plaintiff, Carol Ernst, alleges that Merck and Co.’s painkiller Vioxx caused the sudden death of her husband, Robert Ernst, in May 2001 after he had taken the drug for eight months to [...]

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FDA Imposes Stronger Rules for Accutane for Treating Severe Acne

August 15, 2005

The Food and Drug Administration announced strengthen new regulations Friday for the acne drug Accutane-aimed at preventing use of the drug during pregnancy. Women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant should not take the drug, the Agency said.
Accutane (and its generics) is a highly effective drug for severe recalcitrant nodular acne, but it [...]

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