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November 04, 2005 |

Merck Wins Big in New Jersey Vioxx Trial

In the nation's second trial over health effects of the drug Vioxx, the jury on Thursday categorically rejected claims that failure to warn about the painkiller's risks caused a user's heart attack. The jury found that Merck & Co. properly alerted prescribing physicians to cardiovascular risks and committed no consumer-fraud violations in marketing Vioxx to doctors. The verdict enables Merck to overcome the risk of collateral estoppel on the failure-to-warn issue.
4 minute read
December 05, 2005 |

FDA Notice About Contraceptive Patch Sparks Suits

A caution by the Food and Drug Administration about the potentially life-threatening effects of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra contraceptive patch has fanned the flames of what could become nationwide litigation. Suits claim that patch users have suffered strokes, heart attacks and even death as a result of blood clotting caused by heightened estrogen levels. Web sites are publicizing the FDA directive and the litigation options available -- and federal suits are popping up around the country.
6 minute read
December 05, 2005 |

FDA Notice About Contraceptive Patch Sparks Suits

A caution by the Food and Drug Administration about the potentially life-threatening effects of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra contraceptive patch has fanned the flames of what could become nationwide litigation. Suits claim that patch users have suffered strokes, heart attacks and even death as a result of blood clotting caused by heightened estrogen levels. Web sites are publicizing the FDA directive and the litigation options available -- and federal suits are popping up around the country.
6 minute read
November 03, 2005 |

Merck Wins Big in Jersey Vioxx Trial

The nation's second trial over health effects of the drug Vioxx got swamped in New Jersey on Thursday, as a jury categorically rejected claims that failure to warn about the painkiller's risks caused a user's heart attack.
4 minute read
October 25, 2005 |

Is the Vioxx Defense Team Splintering?

For close to six weeks in the New Jersey Vioxx trial, lead defense lawyer Diane Sullivan's combative nature has been palpable. She has skirmished with the judge at least a half-dozen times in efforts to get information before the jury. But last week, the fracas was with co-counsel Stephen Raber, at whom Sullivan hurled a profanity. Though it was outside the jury's view, Sullivan's outburst was the topic du jour among observing lawyers. Merck's official reaction: There is no crack in the defense team.
6 minute read
September 08, 2005 |

Merck Faces War Hero in Next Vioxx Trial

The next Vioxx trial is going ahead, this time in New Jersey, with jury selection scheduled to begin Monday. The plaintiff is Frederick "Mike" Humeston, who had been taking Vioxx for barely two months, to treat pain from a Vietnam War wound, when he had a heart attack four years ago. The case will be watched closely by attorneys, stock analysts and others interested in the scope of Merck's Vioxx-related liability, now estimated by analysts at anywhere from $5 billion to $50 billion.
5 minute read
December 05, 2005 |

Patch-User Suits Abound After Warning

Plaintiff lawyers say the FDA directive appears to have prompted more users of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra contraceptive patch to seek counsel.
6 minute read
October 31, 2005 |

As Vioxx Trial Nears Close, Plaintiffs' Lawyers Scramble

Even as jurors inside Judge Carol Higbee's Atlantic City courtroom are expected to get the nation's second Vioxx case after summations today, a cadre of mass-tort plaintiffs' lawyers who've teamed up to try more than 15,000 future suits against Merck and Co. are set to file a request for expediting them.
7 minute read
November 02, 2005 |

As Vioxx Trial Nears Close, Plaintiffs Lawyers Scramble

Even as jurors inside Judge Carol Higbee's Atlantic City courtroom were expected to get the nation's second Vioxx case after summations Monday, a cadre of mass-tort plaintiffs lawyers who've teamed up to try more than 15,000 future suits against Merck and Co. are set to file a request for expediting them.
5 minute read
October 24, 2005 |

Splinters in Vioxx Defense Team

For close to six weeks in the Atlantic City Vioxx trial, lead defense lawyer Diane Sullivan's combative nature has been positively palpable. She has skirmished with the judge at least a half-dozen times in unsuccessful efforts to get information before the jury. She tried it again last Wednesday, but this time the fracas was with her co-counsel, Williams & Connolly's Stephen Raber, at whom she ended up hurling a profanity.
6 minute read

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