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Merck seeks dismissal of Vioxx lawsuit

Chain Drug Review | May 2, 2005

NEW YORK âe" Merck & co. has asked that the first Vioxx personal injury lawsuit scheduled to come to trial this month be dismissed, saying that a man who died of a heart attack after being prescribed Vioxx never took the drug.

Alabama Judge Orders Settlement Talks in Vioxx Case

The Associated Press | May 2, 2005
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A state court judge has ordered Vioxx manufacturer Merck & Co. to begin settlement talks with the widow of an Alabama man who blames the pain medication for her husband's death, attorneys in the case said Monday.

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Involving Pain Drug Vioxx

WAKA CBS 8 News | May 2, 2005
A judge on Friday refused to dismiss a wrongful death suit filed against Merck and Company by a Talladega woman who said its painkiller Vioxx caused her husband's death.

Vioxx Lawsuit to go Forward

| April 30, 2005
An east Alabama judge refused to throw out a wrongful-death lawsuit related to Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx, but he still has not decided whether to postpone the start of the trial.

Judge Reject Vioxx Dismissal

Montgomery Advertiser | April 30, 2005
An Alabama judge has rejected defense attorny's motion to dismiss a Vioxx case in which a state resident claims her husband died as a result of taking the popular painkiller.

Federal Judge Postpones Alabama Vioxx Case

The Birmingham News | April 29, 2005
NEW YORK (AP)- the first slated trial of a wrongful death suit against Merck & Co. over its painkiller Vioxx has been postponed at the urging of a federal judge.

Beasley Allen Calls for Full Disclosure of Confidential Vioxx Documents

| April 28, 2005
Jere Beasley, founding shareholder at the law firm taking the first Vioxx lawsuit to trial in May, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C, called upon Merck to join him in asking Judge Rochester to lift a protective order which prohibits the release of protected information regarding the drug's dangers

Tempers Flare as Vioxx Cases come to Trial

ConsumerAffairs.com | April 26, 2005
Merck & Co. has vowed to fight every one of the thousands of personal injury cases filed against it after the Vioxx withdrawal, starting with the case of Brad Rogers, 42, an ambulance dispatcher in Alabama.

Lawyer says Merck violated court Order

| April 26, 2005
Merck was accused of violating a court order by providing documents to the media concerning an upcoming trial over the safety of Vioxx.

Court Rules against Merck in Attempt to Dismiss First Vioxx Lawsuit to go to Trial

| April 26, 2005
Merck had asked the Court to dismiss the lawsuit, contending that Mr. Rogers, who died of a heart attack after being prescribed Vioxx, never took the drug. Lawyers for Beasley Allen disputed Merck's claims and said that they had evidence that Mr. Rogers took Vioxx before he died.