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District Court Orders New Trial in Vioxx Case Based on Misrepresentation by Mercks Expert Cardiologist

Judge Eldon E. Fallon, presiding judge over the federal Vioxx consolidated proceedings, In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation MDL (No. 1657), ordered a new trial today in Evelyn Irvin Plunkett v. Merck & Co. Judge Fallon, a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, found that there was clear and convincing evidence that during the second trial of the Irvin case, Merck's expert cardiologist, Dr. Barry Rayburn, misrepresented his qualifications to the Court and to the jury.

Judge Orders New Vioxx Trial

A federal judge has ordered a third trial in a lawsuit by a woman who blamed Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx for the heart attack that killed her husband.

Judge has Ordered a Third Trial in Vioxx Lawsuit

A federal judge has ordered a third trial in a lawsuit by a woman who blamed Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx for the heart attack that killed her husband.

Products Liability Law Reporter

Freeman, 48, was driving a tractor-trailer on the highway when he was involved in an offset frontal collision. On impact, the truck left the road and rolled over.

Hatton Family Continues its Fight in Court

Today marks two years since 24-year-old Jackson Hatton Jr. was killed in a construction zone accident in Macon County, but circumstances that led to his death are no closer to being rectified than they were the day he died.

Equity Index Annuity Insurers are Facing More Lawsuits

New accusations against equity index annuity sellers may lead to regulatory grief comparable to what property-casualty firms suffered during the contingent- commission scandal a couple of years ago, industry observers.

Tire Failures Drive RV Lawsuits

A Retired aerospace mechanic, Billy Wayne Woods babies his $200,000 luxury motor home, conscientiously cleaning it, covering its tires with wheel covers and even constructing a special RV- carport.

Woods Family is Suing Goodyear Tire

"Their retirement dream vacation turned into a nightmare,"said The family's attorney, Rick Morrison, of Beasley Allen in Montgomery, Ala.

U.S. Chamber Alabama Legal Climate Bad for Business

Alabama has one of the worst business climates in the country when it comes to lawsuit abuse, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Judge Hears re-retrial Request in Vioxx Case

A woman whose husband died of a heart attack after taking the painkiller Vioxx deserves another chance to convince a jury that the drug caused his death because an expert witness in an earlier trial misstated his credentials.