The lawyers involved in the first West Coast trial against the maker of Vioxx are butting heads over whether jurors should decide one or more of the cases at the same time in upcoming trials. More than 1,800 lawsuits have been filed in California against Merck & Co. over the prescription pain reliever. Plaintiffs lawyers are arguing that 80 percent of the Vioxx cases rely on the same experts and that the facts of the cases are similar. In the past, Merck has pushed to try Vioxx cases one at a time.
March 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The lawyers involved in the first West Coast trial against the maker of Vioxx are butting heads over whether jurors should decide one or more of the cases at the same time.
More than 1,800 lawsuits have been filed in California against Merck & Co. Inc. alleging that executives promoted the prescription pain reliever even though they knew it might cause patients to die or suffer from heart attacks.
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