Re: Merck Found Liable, as Jurors Award 53 Million in Nation's First
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri Aug 19 21:09:57 2005
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war ...
art
At Fri, 19 Aug 2005, dean@thehuffpeople.net wrote:
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>Merck Found Liable, as Jurors Award $253 Million in Nation's First Vioxx Trial
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>A Texas jury today found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable for the death
>of a man who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx. Jurors awarded Robert
>Ernst's widow, Carol, $253.4 million in damages. The case drew national
>attention from pharmaceutical companies, lawyers, consumers, stock analysts and
>arbitragers as a signal of what lies ahead for Merck. Merck said it plans to
>appeal.
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art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
Lawrence Peter Berra
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