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 [...]

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The lawsuits filed against Merck & Company allege death and heart problems from taking the company’s withdrawn arthritis and pain relief drug Vioxx.
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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 [...]

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 [...]

In a lawsuit to be filed this week, a group of doctors and plaintiff Nancy Tufford allege that Merck & Company relied on animal tests that showed the pain relief drug Vioxx to be safe while setting aside evidence that Vioxx increases risk of cardiac events in human patients.
Founded 1985, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, [...]

Merck & Co. could ultimately face up to 100,000 cases over its now-withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx, the federal judge handling the pre-trial issues said Monday.
The Associated Press reported that U.S. District Court Judge Eldon Fallon told attorneys in the courtroom on Monday that “he could hear a case as early as the fall.”
Vioxx was withdrawn [...]

Hundreds of Vioxx lawsuits, individual and class actions, will be consolidated in a federal court in New Orleans before Judge Eldon E. Fallon, favored by many plaintiffs’ lawyers, the New York Times reported last week.
The lawsuits filed against Merck & Company allege death and heart problems from taking its pain relief drug Vioxx.
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A West Palm Beach doctor and his wife filed a lawsuit Thursday against Merck & Co. and company sales representative Angie Henderson, claiming he developed heart damage as a result of taking the arthritis drug Vioxx.
Dr. Robert Plasko contends he suffered heart damage, rendering him permanently disabled, as a result of taking Vioxx. Dr. Plasko [...]

Merck & Company has agreed to change its refund program for consumers who used its recently recalled prescription drug, Vioxx, Attorney General Hardy Myers said on Monday in a press release.
“Although we appreciated Merck’s decision to pull Vioxx off the shelves and provide refunds to consumers, the program was not only unduly burdensome, but it [...]

A Phoenix resident filed a lawsuit against Merck & Company, alleging that the company purposely withheld information about the health risks associated with Vioxx.
The lawsuit, filed by Edward W. Wright in Arizona Superior Court, is the first statewide class action, according to his attorneys. Once certified by the court, the suit will represent any Arizona [...]