A New Jersey jury decided against a man who claimed the drug Vioxx caused him to have a heart attack. It's the second lawsuit to go to a jury since Merck pulled Vioxx from store shelves.

A New Jersey jury granted a reprieve to beleaguered drug maker Merck on Thursday, finding it blameless in the nation's second trial over the once-popular painkiller Vioxx.

Rallying from its first Vioxx trial loss, pharmaceutical giant Merck won the second court showdown over its controversial painkiller.

Attorney Christopher Seeger is putting the heat on Merck & Co. as he argues in an Atlantic City, N.J., courtroom that Merck’s Vioxx painkiller harmed his client. But he and 11 other attorneys are taking heat themselves from colleagues for their behind-the-scenes role in a different Vioxx venue.

Eufaula Pulpwood has settled with Lexington Insurance Company for an undisclosed amount an a bad faith claim.

TRENTON-- The opening bell is about to sound in the biggest bout of Chris Seeger’s career.

The opening bell is about to sound in the biggest bout of Chris Seeger's career. But this time, the former amateur boxer isn't fighting in the ring.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP)- Coordination of hundred of federal lawsuits over Merck & Co.’s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx is being moved to Houston from New Orleans, at least temporarily, because of the devastation there from Hurricane Katrina.

On Aug. 19 a jury in Angleton, Texas found Merck & Co. liable and ordered the company to pay $253.5 million to the widow of Robert Ernst: a 59-year-old triathlete who died four years ago of an arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat. He had been taking Vioxx for about eight months to ease pain in his hands.

A jury in Angleton, Texas found Merck & Co. liable and ordered the company to pay $253.5M to the widow of Robert Ernst, a 59-year-old tri-athlete who died four years ago of an arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat.