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Fourth Vioxx Case set for January 24, 2006

| January 10, 2006
The fourth Vioxx lawsuit against Merck & Co. will be held this month in a rural Texas court and a retrial of the federal case that ended in a hung jury will be held in February in New Orleans.

Vioxx Retrial set for February in New Orleans

| December 16, 2005
Round Two of the nation's first federal trial challenging safety of Merck & Co.'s drug Vioxx will be Feb. 6, 2006 in New Orleans.

U.S. Vioxx case retrial set for Feb. 6

Reuters | December 16, 2005
NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) -The first federal trial against Merck & Co and its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, which ended in a mistrial earlier this week, will be retried on February 6 in New Orleans, representatives of both sides said on Friday.

Doctors, Lawyers, only Defense we have against Big Drug Firms

| December 15, 2005
Montgomery lawyer Jere Beasley has to be smiling this week, and it's not necessarily because a Houston, Texas jury deadlocked, causing a mistrial in the first federal court trial against Merck.

Vioxx Case Leads to Hung Jury

| December 13, 2005
The nation's first federal Vioxx trial ended with a hung jury, but the judge said the case, involving the 2001 death of a Florida man who took the once-popular painkiller for a month, will be retried.

Federal Vioxx Lawsuit ends with Mistrial

| December 13, 2005
A federal judge declared a mistrial in the nation's first federal Vioxx trial after a Southern District of Texas jury was unable to decide on a verdict.

Jury leaves Merck facing retrial over Vioxx

| December 13, 2005
Merck, faced the prospect of a retrial in the first claim in the federal court over Vioxx, the painkiller withdrawn from sale 15 months ago because of safety fears.

A Mistrial is Declared in 3rd Lawsuit over Vioxx

| December 13, 2005
In an apparent setback for Merck, a federal judge in Houston declared a mistrial in Plunkett v. Merck, the third Vioxx lawsuit to reach trial, after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked.

Vioxx mistrial means trouble for Merck

The Houston Chronicle | December 13, 2005
A mistrial in the nation's first federal Vioxx trial - which ended when a lone juror held out for the plaintiffs âe" spells trouble for drug giant Merck, several legal analysts said Monday.

Federal Vioxx Trial Ruled Mistrial

Insurance Journal | December 13, 2005
The federal Vioxx trial in Houston was ruled a mistrial, leaving Merck, the maker of the painkiller, having to try the case again while fending off thousands of other suits claiming that the drug causes heart attacks.