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On
September 30, 2004, the international prescription
drug company Merck announced the worldwide withdrawal
of the arthritis medication Rofecoxib, sold
in most countries under the brand name Vioxx,
because a study showed an increased risk of
heart attack and stroke. Patients who have suffered
injuries due to Vioxx have filed litigation
against Merck for failing to recall the drug
when it first learned of Vioxx's dangerous side
effects.
To contact in confidence an experienced personal
injury attorney at Lieff Cabraser working on
the Vioxx lawsuit, click
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The
painkiller Vioxx was marketed throughout the
world, sold in many countries under the name
Vioxx and in others as Ceoxx. Lieff Cabraser
is working with attorneys and solicitors in:
Argentina
 Austria
Canada
Ireland
Italy
South Africa
United
Kingdom
and other countries to bring litigation against
Merck in U.S. courts for patients suffering
heart attacks and strokes from Vioxx. If you
are visiting this website from outside the U.S.,
please click here
to contact an attorney regarding your experiences
with Vioxx or Ceoxx. |
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| Vioxx
Recall and Side Effects of Vioxx |
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On September 30, 2004, the international prescription
drug company Merck announced the recall of its
arthritis and pain medication Rofecoxib, sold
under the brand name Vioxx, because a study showed
an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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study that led to the recall of Vioxx showed that
patients regularly taking Vioxx faced twice the
risk of a heart attack compared to patients not
taking Vioxx. Vioxx users with a history of cardiovascular
issues were at a five-fold increased risk. |
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We
are a national injury law firm representing
injured Vioxx users in individual personal
injury lawsuits. For a free, prompt, no-obligation
review of your claim, click
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| Vioxx
Lawsuit and Vioxx Class Action |
| Families
of Vioxx patients, including clients of Lieff Cabraser,
who have died and patients who have suffered severe injuries
from heart attacks or strokes after having ingested Vioxx
for an extended period have filed lawsuits against Merck.
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Vioxx lawsuits allege that Merck falsely promoted the
safety of Vioxx and failed to disclose the full range
of the drug's dangerous side effects. |
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October 6, 2004, the Wall Street Journal reported
that the drug Vioxx may have led to more than 27,000 heart
attacks and sudden cardiac deaths before it was pulled
from the market, citing an unreleased study by government
regulators. The estimate of deaths were based on findings
from an analysis of a database of patients of Kaiser Permanente,
one of largest health-maintenance organizations in the
U.S. |
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November 4, 2004, the British medical journal The Lancet
published a study that concluded Merck and federal officials
should have withdrawn the painkiller Vioxx from the market
as early as 2000 because studies of the drug had clearly
shown that it doubled the risk of heart attacks among
users. |
| Legal
Background: The Rights of Patients Injured by Prescription
Drugs |
| The
law in most states provides several personal injury claims
for persons who have been seriously injured by a prescription
drug with dangerous, undisclosed side effects. These claims
include strict liability for a defective product, breach
of warranty, negligence, and misrepresentation. Persons
living outside the U.S. who have been injured by a product
manufactured in the U.S. may also in certain cases file
lawsuits for compensation for injuries in U.S. courts. |
| Damages
sought against manufacturers of an allegedly dangerous
prescription drug typically include: |
- Physical
pain and suffering, mental anguish and physical impairment;
- Medical
expenses associated with the allegedly defective product;
and
- Loss
of earnings and/or earning capacity.
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| For
persons who have died, family members can bring a wrongful
death action. |
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Lieff Cabraser |
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you or a family member have suffered a serious injury
or a loved one died after being prescribed Vioxx, you
may be eligible to file a claim. Lieff Cabraser is representing
clients in individual Vioxx lawsuits filed against Merck. |
| Please
click here to contact an attorney
at Lieff Cabraser to discuss your legal rights at no cost
or obligation. We will handle all inquiries with
the strictest confidentiality and sensitivity. Inquiries
from Canada and other nations are also welcome. |
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You are also welcome to call us toll-free
at ; Visitors from Canada can call .
Please ask to speak with partner Heather A. Foster. |
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also welcome inquiries from counsel considering referring
a case. Lieff Cabraser has strong relations with the plaintiffs’
bar across the United States, Canada and other nations.
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| Lieff
Cabraser: Experienced Product Liability Injury Lawyers |
| Founded
in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is
an over sixty attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco,
New York, Washington, D.C., Beverly Hills, and Nashville.
In 2003 and 2004, the National Law Journal recognized
Lieff Cabraser as one of the top 20 plaintiffs’ law
firms in America. |
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our personal injury cases, we bring a team of experienced
lawyers. Each client is assigned a partner and an associate.
In addition, we have on staff multiple nurses, legal assistants,
scientific analysts and case clerks to assist the attorneys. |
| We
have represented thousands of patients who ingested prescription
drugs with dangerous undisclosed side effects, and patients
who received defective medical devices in personal injury
lawsuits across America, including residents of Alaska,
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wyoming. |
| We
look forward to communicating with you and answering any
questions you may have. To learn more about the competitive
advantages our firm offers clients in personal injury
and products liability cases, click
here. |
| Notice
on Practice and Statute of Limitations |
| Lieff
Cabraser attorneys provide legal advice and practice law
for clients in federal district courts throughout the
United States and in state courts where we are licensed
to practice. In states in which our lawyers are not licensed
to practice, we have affiliations with local attorneys
who serve as co-counsel with our firm. Please read our
Disclaimer. |
| Persons
seeking to preserve any potential legal claims for allegedly
dangerous and/or defective products should contact an
attorney promptly because all states have mandatory time
periods (called "statutes of limitation") within
which lawsuits must be filed. Otherwise, a person's claims
may be forever barred. In some states, the statute of
limitations period for filing personal injury claims is
only one year from the date of injury. |
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| Trademark
Notice |
| "Vioxx"
is a registered trademark of Merck. Lieff Cabraser Heimann
& Bernstein, LLP is in no way affiliated with Merck,
and the Vioxx trademark is used solely for informational
purposes. |
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"Merck's
Vioxx Liability Could Reach $38 Billion,"
Forbes, Dec. 3, 2004
The legal liability to Merck for the withdrawn
arthritis drug Vioxx could be huge, according
to Richard Evans, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.
If all the patients who had heart attacks as a
result of taking Vioxx were to receive an average-sized
legal settlement, Evans wrote in a research report,
Merck's liability could reach $38 billion.
To read more press articles on the Vioxx recall
and Vioxx class action lawsuit, click
here. |
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| Lieff
Cabraser has participated in twenty-three $100
million-plus settlements and verdicts. To read
a summary, click here. |
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Click here to read recent
press articles on the Vioxx recall and Vioxx lawsuits. |
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Read about key events in the Vioxx recall and
Vioxx lawsuit by clicking
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