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In the Courts: Vioxx Judge Allows Testimony from Cleveland Clinic Cardiologist

American Health Line | November 30, 2005

U.S. District Court Judge Eldon Fallon on Tuesday ruled that plaintiff attorneys can present as evidence a videotaped deposition from a Cleveland Clinic Cardiologist who has criticized how Merck handled the market withdrawal of the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx in the first federal lawsuit related to the me…

Battle over Vioxx enters a Crucial New Phase

| November 29, 2005
The litigation over injury claims from withdrawn painkiller Vioxx enters a critical new phase today, as manufacturer Merck faces its first trial in federal court.

Merck's Vioxx Showdown in Texas

| November 29, 2005
Jury selection began in Houston on Tuesday in the latest high stakes legal battle for Merck & and its first in a federal courtroom.

Merck is likely to Win First Federal Vioxx Lawsuit

| November 29, 2005
Merck & Co., with one victory and one loss in Vioxx lawsuits tried in state courts, may win the first federal trial over the painkiller, lawyers said.

Lawyer blames Vioxx for Man's Heart Attack

| November 29, 2005
A lawyer representing the widow of man who claims that Merck & Co.'s Vioxx caused her husband's death argued that taking the pain reliever for one month was enough to cause the 53-year-old man's heart attack.

Federal Vioxx Trial begins with Plaintiff Statement

| November 29, 2005
A lawyer representing the widow of man who claims that Merck & Co.'s Vioxx caused her husband's death called the link between the pain reliever and heart attacks the company's "dirty little secret."

Expert testifies Vioxx can cause Deadly Clots

| November 29, 2005
A nationally known pharmacology expert testified that the prescription painkiller Vioxx can cause blood clots like the one that led to the death of a Florida seafood salesman four years ago.

First Federal Vioxx Case to Serve as State Court Tiebreaker

| November 28, 2005
With the score 1-1 in the high-stakes game of Vioxx pharmaceutical litigation, the tie-breaking trial begins in federal court in Houston.

Vioxx Cases face Tougher Litmus Test

| November 27, 2005
After state court trials in Texas and New Jersey, the first Vioxx lawsuit in federal court goes to trial in Houston this week, but the issue remains essentially the same whether short-term use of the once-popular pain reliever causes heart attacks.

Stakes Rise in Third Vioxx Trial

| November 27, 2005
The nation's third Vioxx trial and the first in a federal courtroom gets under way in Houston this week, and a verdict would break a current tie in one of the most high-profile consumer legal battles in the past decade.