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Court Upholds $20M Verdict in Pollution Case

| March 24, 2007

The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a 2004 jury verdict awarding the city of Columbus, a south Columbus businessman and an Oakland Park resident damages totaling more than $20.7 million from Continental Carbon Co. of Phenix City and its parent company, China Synthetic Rubber Corp.

Court Upholds $20M Verdict Against Phenix City's Continental Carbon Co

The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | March 24, 2007
The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a 2004 jury verdict awarding the city of Columbus, a south Columbus businessman and an Oakland Park resident damages totaling more than $20.7 million from continental Carbon Co. of Phenix City and its parent company, China Synthetic Rubber Corp.

Merck's Witness Stands by Opinion Under Cross Examination

| March 21, 2007
Merck's defense witness Jerome Cohen, M.D., a St. Louis cardiologist, said his ties to pharmaceutical companies did not influence his opinion that Vioxx did not cause Patricia Schwaller's death.

Medical Experts take the Stand for Vioxx Plaintiff

| March 7, 2007
The trial pits Frank Schwaller, whose 52-year-old wife Patricia Schwaller died after using Vioxx, against the drug's maker Merck Pharmaceutical.

Birchfield, Watts make Dynamic Plaintiff's Duo

The Madison St. Clair Record | March 2, 2007
Fresh off a federal court defeat in December, Birchfield is laying out for Madison County jurors pretty much the same argument he has in the past, that Vioxx caused heart attacks and that "Merck worked hard to keep the truth quiet."

Merck hid Drug's Risks, Lawyer says in Vioxx Trial

| March 1, 2007
Pharmaceutical giant Merck ignored warnings and tried to cover up risks associated with its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx, a lawyer Wednesday told the jurors in the case of a Granite City woman who died suddenly of a heart attack after spending 20 months on the drug.

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.

Vioxx Lawyers Shape Case for Jurors in Opening Arguments

The Madison St. Clair Record | February 28, 2007
Vioxx lawyers shape case for jurors in opening arguments. Opening arguments are underway in the Metro East's first Vioxx trial.

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.

On Exxon Mobil Fraud

The Montgomery Independent | February 22, 2007
It must be a bit lonely for the Independent to be pushing for an affirmation verdict from the Alabama Supreme Court in the notorious ExxonMobil case, when just about every major newspaper in Alabama has called the state's case everything from ludicrous to ridiculous.