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Associated
Press, "Jury Selection Begins in First
Vioxx Trial" |
About
120 potential jurors filled out questionnaires Monday
as jury selection began in the nation's first Vioxx-related
lawsuit to go to trial.
Jurors were to fill out
a 19-page questionnaire with more than 100 questions about their health habits,
favorite television shows and political leanings, among other topics.
The Texas lawsuit is the
first of more than 3,800 state and federal lawsuits pending against New Jersey-based
Merck & Co. over the popular painkiller the company took off the market last
September after research showed it could double risk of heart attack or stroke.
Merck claims the company
acted responsibly, researching Vioxx's safety in extensive clinical trials before
it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and monitoring the medicine
after it went on the market in 1999.
But thousands of plaintiffs
seeking potentially billions of dollars in damages allege otherwise. |
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| Lieff
Cabraser: Experienced Vioxx Injury Lawyers |
| Founded
in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP is an over-fifty attorney law firm with
offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville.
In each of the last five years, the National
Law Journal has recognized
Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs’ law
firms in America. |
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our personal injury Vioxx cases, we bring a
team of experienced lawyers. In addition,
we have on staff multiple nurses, legal assistants,
scientific analysts and case clerks to assist
our Vioxx attorneys. Learn more about advantages
we offer patients with Vioxx problems and
injuries. |
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We
have a nationwide team of experienced
injury Vioxx lawyers assigned to Vioxx
trials. |
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provide individual attentive service. Learn
more about our firm. |
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We
have retained the leading national
medical experts on Vioxx and have
a staff of nurses to assist the
prosecution of the claims of our
clients. |
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have been contacted by thousands of Vioxx drug patients
nationwide as part of the Vioxx litigation. We have represented
patients who ingested prescription drugs with dangerous,
undisclosed side effects 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. |
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living outside the United States who have been injured
by an American product manufactured may also in certain
cases file Vioxx lawsuits for compensation for heart
attacks and strokes in United States courts. |
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| "Vioxx"
is a registered trademark of Merck. Lieff Cabraser Heimann
& Bernstein, LLP is in no way affiliated with Merck,
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Vioxx
Recall: The international prescription
drug company Merck announced in September
2004 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.
Vioxx
Trial: Patients who have suffered
injuries due to Vioxx have filed litigation
against Merck for selling Vioxx even though
Merck allegedly was aware of Vioxx's dangerous
side effects. |
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