Vioxx law firm - Merck Found Liable in Vioxx Case

Vioxx law firm - Merck Found Liable in Vioxx Case 

Merck Found Liable in Vioxx Case 
ATLANTIC CITY, April 5 Delivering a serious blow to Merck, a New Jersey jury found late this afternoon that the company had not properly warned patients of the dangers of its arthritis drug Vioxx and awarded $4.5 million in damages to Irma and John McDarby, a 77-year-old man who had a heart attack in 2004 after taking Vioxx for four years.
Source: www.nytimes.com

Vioxx trial's punitive phase goes on 
A state-court judge yesterday rejected a bid by Merck to dismiss the punitive phase of a Vioxx trial, in which a Park Ridge man was already awarded $4.5 million to compensate him for a heart attack attributed to the medicine.
Source: www.nj.com

Jury Mulls Punitives Against Merck in Wake of $4.5M Vioxx Verdict 
The punitive damages phase of the Atlantic City Vioxx trial continued Monday, when the jury that last week found Merck & Co. liable for not properly warning of the dangers its drug posed to plaintiffs with heart problems began deliberation over whether the company should pay additional damages.
Source: www.law.com

Merck stock tumbles after Vioxx verdict 
Merck stock tumbled Thursday, a day after the nation's No. 2 drugmaker was found liable for the heart attack of a New Jersey man who took Vioxx and a jury awarded $4.5 million in damages.
Source: money.cnn.com

Merck ex-CEO denies hiding Vioxx data from FDA 
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Merck & Co.'s MRK.N former chief executive denied the company hid data on Vioxx from regulators as he took the stand on Thursday before a jury that will decide whether to award punitive damages to a man who said the painkiller caused his heart attack.
Source: go.reuters.com