In the second Vioxx trial that W. Mark Lanier tried, he turned to a different approach in his closing arguments.
Lanier spun the case like four episodes of “Desperate Housewives,” the popular prime time soap opera several jurors had indicated that they watched. Between each story, he paused for a “commercial break,” playing a Vioxx advertisement for emphasis.
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