By The Associated Press
THE OUTCOME: Drugmaker Merck & Co. won the latest Vioxx trial when an Atlantic City jury ruled Merck’s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx was not a major cause of 68-year-old Elaine Doherty’s heart attack in January 2004.
KEY ISSUES: Jurors said that most felt Doherty’s obesity and other cardiac risk factors caused her heart attack. The jurors voted unanimously that Merck failed to warn Doherty about the drug’s risks, the first time that issue has been considered in a Vioxx trial.
THE SCORECARD: Merck has won four of the seven Vioxx cases to reach verdicts, including three of the four cases in New Jersey. It still faces at least 16,000 Vioxx lawsuits.



New Posts
-
Power Lunches Losing Popularity Among Lawyers?
3 days ago
by Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq.
-
Weird Law of the Day: Psychiatrists Must Dress as Wizards When Testifying
3 days ago
by Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq.
-
Current Legal Event: Brown Family Has Standing to Challenge Utah’s Polygamy Statute
4 days ago
by Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq.
-
Washington Legislature Approves Gay Marriage
4 days ago
by Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq.
-
Recently Recalled Food Products
5 days ago
by Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq.
-
Power Lunches Losing Popularity Among Lawyers?
Facebook Fans
Popular Posts
- Is a Captain Legally Obligated to Stay Aboard His Ship After a Crash? (34169 views)
- Pfizer Recalls Birth Control Pills (342 views)
- Pair Denied Entry into the United States Due to Tweets (282 views)
- California Police Officer Shot And Killed By Fellow Officers (250 views)
- Partying Pictures on Facebook Lead to Denial of Workers' Compensation Benefits (226 views)
Topics
Attorney Marketing (4)
Automobile Accidents (47)
Aviation Accidents/Disasters (25)
Bankruptcy Law (45)
Brain Injury / Brain Trauma (47)
Business Law (86)
CA suits (47)
Catastrophic Injury (84)
Celebrity (39)
Class Actions (72)
Constitutional (103)
Corporate & Securities Law (24)
Criminal Law (231)
Current Events (316)
Dangerous Products / Defective Products (160)
Divorce (14)
Dog Bites (11)
DoOver (30)
Drugs (22)
Drunk Driving (49)
DUI (51)
Dumb or Weird Laws (25)
DWI (45)
Education (13)
En Español (7)
Entertainment Law (13)
Estate Planning (31)
Family Law (66)
Federal (158)
Frequently Asked Questions (11)
General (379)
Historical Cases (5)
How-To's (24)
immigration (12)
Immigration Law (40)
Intellectual Property (18)
Labor & Employment Law (54)
Landlord – Tenant (15)
Law Enforcement (6)
LawSmart (3)
Lead Counsel (703)
Lead Counsel Guest Attorneys (114)
Lead Counsel Corner (980)
Lead Counsel News (310)
Legal Trends (95)
Litigation (133)
Medical Malpractice (52)
OUI (13)
Personal Injury (179)
Press Releases (25)
Prisons (4)
Privacy (31)
Products Liability (75)
Recall (134)
Slip and Fall / Trip and Fall (39)
Spinal Cord Injury (31)
Sports (7)
Tax Law (17)
Torts (36)
Unfair Insurance Practices / Insurance Bad Faith (12)
Workers' Compensation (22)
Wrongful Death (91)







