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First Personal Injury Case Jurors Say Size of Award Is Message to Makers – Appeal Expected   By Alex Berenson The New York Times August 20, 2005 ANGLETON, Tex. In the first verdict of a personal injury lawsuit involving the pain drug VIOXX, a Texas jury found the drug’s…

VIOXX® Trial Week Two: “Risk of Heart Attacks Can Occur at Any Time,” Cardiologist Testifies; Jurors Learn About “Scientific Misconduct” and “Intimidation.”   For Immediate Release – Feb. 2, 2007 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A top cardiologist has testified, during the second week of trial, that virtually all relevant…

VIOXX® Trial Week One: Merck Attorney Chastised by Judge; Jurors hear disagreement – Did Merck adequately warn of VIOXX’s® Harmful effects? For Immediate Release Jan. 26, 2007 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey State Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee accused Merck attorney Diane Sullivan of being “defiant of my orders” in…

The Lanier Law Firm Handling Latest VIOXX® Trial Set to Begin January 2007 in New Jersey   HOUSTON – Attorneys from The Lanier Law Firm with offices in Houston and New York are set to begin work in the nation’s latest VIOXX® trial. The case against Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based Merck & Co. Inc. is…

New Jersey Jury Awards $9 Million in Punitive Damages Against Maker of VIOXX®   (Atlantic City, N.J.) A jury in New Jersey Superior Court Judge Carol E.Higbee’s court has awarded punitive damages against Merck & Co, manufacturer of VIOXX®. Jurors found that the drug maker intentionally withheld from the…

$253 Million Finding is Number 6 on National Law Journal List   The National Law Journal named The Lanier Law Firm’s $253 million verdict against Merck & Co. as its sixth-largest verdict in 2005. In that case, a Brazoria County jury ruled against Merck on each of three key…