The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was "grossly excessive," and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck & Co. must pay a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Wednesday. Merck said it would ask the judge to also order a new trial on whether it was liable in the case.
August 31, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was “grossly excessive,” and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck & Co. must pay a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
New Jersey-based Merck said it was pleased with the decision on the damage award, and said it would ask the judge to order a new trial on whether it was liable in the case as well.
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