Andy Birchfield in the News

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Lead Attorney in $4.85 Billion Vioxx Settlement
 

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Man Who Lost Wife Test Vioxx Maker in Court

Belleville News Democrat | March 1, 2007
Whether the maker of Vioxx withheld information about the drug's risks was the point of opening statements Wednesday in a crowded Madison County courtroom.

Merck Defends Conduct in Vioxx Trial

Yahoo! Finance | February 28, 2007
Merck & Co. put profits ahead of consumer safety by hustling a blockbuster arthritis medicine to market, then routinely denied the drug's potentially lethal health risk.

Merck Pharmaceutical Drug War Comes to Heartland

Press Release Newswire | February 12, 2007
The upcoming wrongful death lawsuit, Schwaller vs. Merck & Co, will be the first Vioxx case to be tried in the Illinois Circuit Court in Madison County and the first anywhere in the Midwest. It is possible that this case will set the tone for how Merck will handle cases in the future.

Jere Beasley, Greg Allen, Tom Methvin, Dee Miles and Andy Birchfield named among nation?s best lawyers

| November 21, 2006

Merck's case-by-case strategy

The American Lawyer | October 1, 2006
Nine jury trials into a docket of more than 14,000 cases, the early results in litigation surrounding Merck & Co., Inc.'s pain medication Vioxx are a mixed bag. The defense has chalked up four wins; a fifth defense victory, in New Jersey, was tossed out by a judge on August 17. Plaintiffs have w…

Trench Warfare

| October 1, 2006
Nine jury trials into a docket of more than 14,000 cases, the early results in litigation surrounding Merck & Co., Inc. pain medication Vioxx are a mixed bag.

New Orleans Jury Returns $51 Million Verdict against Merck

| August 17, 2006
A New Orleans jury in the second Multi-District Litigation (MDL) trial has awarded a $50 million compensatory damage verdict and a $1 million punitive damage verdict against Merck.

Merck's Bad Day in Court

| August 17, 2006
Merck was found negligent in the latest Vioxx case, as a jury in New Orleans federal court found that the drugmaker misrepresented the risks of the arthritis painkiller.

Vioxx Plaintiff gets $13M

| April 12, 2006
At first, John McDarby's case looked like a loser. Frail, elderly and confined to a wheelchair after two broken hips, he was a 77-year-old diabetic with clogged arteries.

First Celebrex Trial set for June

CBS News | March 10, 2006

Barbour County could be back in the national tort spotlight this summer when plaintiff lawyer Jere Beasley and his firm take pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to court over its arthritis drug Celebrex.