Category: Legal Case Updates
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Verdict For Plaintiff McCarrell In New Jersey Accutane Trial
Jury Awards $2.6 Million For Inflammatory Bowel Disease Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)_____________________________________________________________________ Update: Accutane Retrial Verdict: Roche Ordered to Pay $25 Million to Accutane User By David Voreacos and John…
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Merck’s May 2007 Report On Vioxx Trial Dates For Next Nine Months
Vioxx Trials Scheduled In CA, AL, FL, NV, WV, TX, and IL State Courts As Well As Federal Court MDL (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) According to Merck & Co., as of May…
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May 2007 Mixed Verdict In Hormone Replacement Drug Trial: Victory For Wyeth; Loss For Pfizer
Plaintiff Simon Developed Breast Cancer After Using HRT Drugs Prempro, Premarin, And Provera (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 15, 2007 a Pennsylvania state court jury handed down a mixed verdict in…
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Vioxx Judge Wilson In Texas Might Rule For Merck On Preemption Issue And Dismiss Ledbetter Case
WSJ Reports That Judge Wilson’s Ruling In This One Vioxx Case Could Affect Other 1000 Texas Vioxx Cases (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Reporter Heather Won Tesoriero broke the news in an April…
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Third California Vioxx Trial A No-Go; Plaintiff Berwick Drops Case Day Before Jury Selection Was To Start
Judge Victoria Chaney To Consider Status Of Upcoming California State Court Vioxx Trials At April 11, 2007 Hearing (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Plaintiff Lowell Berwick, who claimed his March 2004 heart attack…
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Wyeth Wins Its Federal Court Case In Hormone Replacement Litigation
Plaintiff Alleged Wyeth Used False And Misleading Advertising For Prempro And Premarin, Thereby Hiding Risks (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On February 15, 2007 a federal court jury in Arkansas found the drug…
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Vioxx And Fosamax Lawsuits: Additional Legal Defense Money
Merck & Co. Continues To Be Pay Defense Lawyers, Not Plaintiffs, Taking Each Case To Trial (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Merck & Co., Inc.’s President and CEO Richard Clark reported to financial…
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Third Hormone Replacement Therapy Trial Against Wyeth Underway In Arkansas
Plaintiff Alleges Taking Prempro For Almost Ten Years Caused Her Breast Cancer (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the third hormone replacement therapy (HRT) case to get to trial, 71-year old Helene Rush…
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Judge Higbee Cuts Two Cases From January 2007 New Jersey Vioxx Trial
One Injury (Humeston) And One Death (Hermans) Case Involving Heart Attacks After Vioxx Use Will Go Before Jury (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In a January 13, 2007 Bloomberg article by David Voreacos…
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Judge Higbee’s Plan For The Four Case January 2007 New Jersey Vioxx Trial
Plaintiff Humeston Gets Second Chance After Fall 2005 Merck Defense Verdict (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The proceedings in a four-plaintiff consolidated Vioxx trial will start on January 16, 2007 in Atlantic City,…