Category: Legal Case Updates
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Judge Fallon Declares Mistrial In Irvin / Plunkett Vioxx Case
Merck’s Vioxx Trial Record to Date: One Victory, One Loss, One Draw The Reuters news service reported at 10:00 a.m. EST Monday, December 12, 2005 that Judge Eldon Fallon declared a mistrial in Irvin…
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Irvin / Plunkett Vioxx Case Awaits A Verdict As Texas Jury Deliberates
Merck’s Attorney Phil Beck Put On Just Four Defense Witnesses In Vioxx Trial On December 8, 2005 the plaintiff and defense lawyers in the third Vioxx trial, Irvin / Plunkett v. Merck & Co.,…
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Bextra / Celebrex Litigation Update: 1100 Cases Filed As Of December 2005
Lawsuits Against Pfizer Have Been Filed In Federal Court And Numerous State Courts According to a proposed pre-trial order filed on December 1, 2005 for the Bextra / Celebrex federal court Multidistrict Litigation (MDL)…
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Ortho Evra Lawsuits May Get MDL Status in Federal Court System
Birth Control Patch Allegedly Causes Serious Cardiovascular Problems Late in 2005, a motion was filed with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) by a plaintiff’s lawyer requesting the consolidation of all federal court…
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Eric Topol’s Deposition Testimony Allowed At First Federal Vioxx Trial
Judge Fallon Ruling: Jury Will Hear And See Dr. Topol Criticize Merck In Video Deposition At Irvin / Plunkett Trial On November 30, 2005 The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the jury in…
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Next Set of Vioxx Trials in New Jersey Assigned Court Dates By Judge Higbee
New Jersey Judge Sets A February 27, 2006 Trial Date for Next NJ Vioxx Case In late November 2005 New Jersey Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee announced that she tentatively plans to consolidate the…
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Irvin / Plunkett v. Merck: Federal Court MDL Vioxx Trial Starts in Texas
AP Reports At Least 7,875 Vioxx Lawsuits Filed By Thanksgiving Day 2005 The first Vioxx federal trial, Irvin / Plunkett v. Merck, is scheduled to start today, November 29, 2005, in Houston, Texas. This…
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Celebrex and Bextra Federal Court MDL Cases Will Go To California
Product Liability and Sales Claims Assigned To Judge Breyer in San Francisco In Fall 2005 all federal court cases involving Pfizer Inc.’s painkillers Celebrex and Bextra were consolidated into a multi-district litigation (MDL) and…
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Bayer Has Paid $1.143 Billion To Settle 3,058 Baycol Cases
October 2005 Baycol / Lipobay Settlement Update From Bayer In the first part of November 2005 Bayer AG said that it has paid $1.143 billion to settle 3,058 Baycol / Lipobay cases worldwide. Further,…
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3600 Hormone Replacement Therapy Drug Lawsuits Filed Since 2002 Study
Do Hormone Drugs Cause Cancer? First Federal Court Trial Set For July On July 9, 2002 a major study of hormone-replacement drugs for menopausal women was halted after finding a possible association between the…