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New Orleans jury rules against Merck [in Vioxx case]
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Aug 17, 2006 10:56am |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, August 17, 2006 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | NEW ORLEANS - Merck failed to warn doctors about the risks of its painkiller Vioxx and must pay a retired FBI agent $50 million to compensate for the heart attack he suffered after taking the drug, a federal jury found Thursday.
The jury also found that Merck & Co. "knowingly misrepresented or failed to disclose" information about the drug to retired FBI agent Gerald Barnett's doctors.
The same jury was to deliberate later in the day on possible punitive damages for Barnett.
On its verdict sheet, the jury had the chance to assign percentages of fault to Merck and various physicians, but assigned blame only to Merck. |
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