Vioxx Law Suits and Attorneys
Currently there are both Class Action and Mass Tort lawsuits filed against Merck because of Vioxx.
A class action lawsuit is a complaint filed by one party on behalf of everyone in a similar situation. Such lawsuits look at the big picture and are useful, for example, to force a company to take a legal action.
A mass tort lawsuit is different. Like class action lawsuit, a mass tort combines many legal cases into a single trial, but unlike a class action each plaintiff is treated as an individual with their own individual lawsuit. The difference between a mass tort and an individual case is that in a mass tort lawsuit many similar cases are argued together saving your lawyers time and money that can be better spent preparing to make the best legal case for you. Mass torts pool legal resources from many similar cases to benefit each unique case.
April 11th, 2006
ALERT!!! Vioxx jury: Merck lied, must pay
No. 2 drugmaker vows appeal as jury awards $9 million in punitive damages related to the painkiller.
"A New Jersey jury found Merck liable Tuesday of misrepresenting Vioxx to federal regulators, and ordered the drugmaker to pay $9 million in punitive damages to a man who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller." Read about the Vioxx Suit, and compensatory damages, as well as awarded damges here.
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