This is a Horrible drug and has caused many deaths and severe illnesses in the USA!! Read this article now to fully undrstand what can happen to YOU or someone YOU may know ! Birmingham, AL - An Alabama 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.
The settlement talks are to be held after a hearing before Circuit Judge John Rochester.
The trial would be the nation's first regarding Vioxx if the judge allows it to move forward. But U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon of New Orleans also has asked for a delay so the Alabama case would not interfere with federal litigation.
Merck attorney Mike Brock declined to comment on the prospect of any settlement of the Alabama case, but the company in the past has said it intended to try Vioxx lawsuits one at a time.
Jere Beasley, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, Cheryl Rogers, said the judge ordered everyone involved in the case to attend the settlement conference.
The Judge refused to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Rogers, who claims Vioxx was to blame for the death of her 42-year-old husband, Brad, in 2001. 42 yrs old gone like that imagine how the family felt ! Truly a tragedy that can be avoided from now on !
Merck contends the medication had nothing to do with the man's death and that samples Cheryl Rogers provided the company in the lawsuit didn't leave the factory until six months after her husband died.
Merck, based in Whitehouse Station, N.J., removed Vioxx from the market in September after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients taking the drug for more than 18 months.
More than 2,400 lawsuits have been filed involving Vioxx. Another state lawsuit is set for trial on May 31 in Texas, and the plaintiff lawyer there is planning to continue.
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