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November 9, 2007 |
New York Times, "Merck Agrees to
Pay $4.85 Billion for Vioxx Claims" |
Three years after withdrawing its pain medication
Vioxx from the market, Merck announced today that it will pay $4.85 billion
to settle 27,000 lawsuits by people who contend they or their family
members suffered injury or died after taking the drug.
The settlement,
one of the largest ever in civil litigation, comes after nearly 20 Vioxx
civil trials over the last two years from New Jersey to California. After
losing a $253 million verdict in the first case, Merck has won most of
the rest of the cases that reached juries, giving plaintiffs little choice
but to settle.
The settlement will help put Vioxx behind Merck, as well
as sharply reduce its Vioxx-related legal defense fees, which are now
running at more than $600 million annually. Judges in Louisiana, New
Jersey and California, who oversee nearly all the lawsuits, had pressed
for a deal before a new wave of trials was scheduled to begin in January.
Learn more about Vioxx injuries and the lawsuits that led to the Vioxx settlement. |
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in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
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offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville.
In each of the last five years, the National
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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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injury Vioxx lawyers assigned to Vioxx
trials. |
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have retained the leading national
medical experts on Vioxx and have
a staff of nurses to assist the
prosecution of the claims of our
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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
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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