Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Vioxx law suit - Merck Draws Split Decision


Merck Draws Split Decision
Street.Com - Jurors in Atlantic City, N.J. issued a split verdict Wednesday, saying that Merck's ( MRK :NYSE - news - research - Cramer's Take ) arthritis drug Vioxx was a "substantial factor" in the heart attack of one man but that it didn't cause the heart
Source: www.thestreet.com

Vioxx Jurors Will Continue Deliberating
Columbian - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors couldn't reach a verdict Monday on whether Merck & Co. should pay additional damages to a New Jersey man already awarded $4.5 million for a heart attack he blamed on the arthritis drug Vioxx. The panel, which last
Source: www.columbian.com

Lawyers assess Vioxx verdict
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Judge Won't Stop Jury Hearing For Merck
KDKA - (AP) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. A judge rejected on Friday a Merck & Co. lawyer's request that she halt a jury hearing on possible punitive damages for a former Vioxx user who had a heart attack after using the painkiller for four years. On Wednesday, the
Source: kdka.com

AP Executive Morning Briefing
Times Daily - HOUSTON (AP) - Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling once envisioned himself as a professor during life after Enron. On Monday, he started giving the most important lecture of his life from the witness stand in his fraud and conspiracy
Source: www.timesdaily.com

Jury finds company liable in Vioxx trial
Los Angeles Daily News - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A jury found Merck & Co. liable on Wednesday for one of two former Vioxx users' heart attacks in a split verdict that awarded $4.5 million in damages to one of the plaintiffs. The state jury found the company failed to
Source: www.dailynews.com

Stocks Close Narrowly Mixed
Street.Com - Stocks erased most of an early swoon Thursday and closed narrowly mixed as traders decided to square up positions a day ahead of the monthly employment report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average , which was as many as 65 points lower early in the
Source: www.thestreet.com

La. man drops federal lawsuit over Vioxx
York Dispatch Online - NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans man dropped his federal lawsuit claiming that Vioxx caused his heart attack, in part because a judge refused to delay the trial scheduled June 12. Ellis Maximo Diaz' attorney, Bonnie Zakotnik, said there is no way she can
Source: www.yorkdispatch.com

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