Round Two for Merck in New Jersey Set
Judge Higbee set a Jan. 30 trial date for the next New Jersey lawsuit against Merck & Co. over its once-popular painkiller Vioxx. After a daylong closed-door hearing with lawyers, Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee narrowed the list of potential cases to go to trial on that date to seven. In each, the plaintiffs are New Jersey residents who suffered heart attacks after taking the drug for 18 months or longer. One of the heart attacks was fatal. More than 3,400 cases blaming Merck for Vioxx-related injuries have been filed in New Jersey and all are consolidated under Higbee.
The first federal trial began in early November in Houston. That trial should finish before the new year.
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