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In Re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation

  1. September 26, 2018

    Vioxx Economic Loss Counsel Win $4.2M In Attys' Fees

    A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday signed off on $4.2 million in attorneys' fees to class counsel who represented consumers in multidistrict litigation who claimed they lost money due to Merck's recalled drug Vioxx, amounting to nearly a fifth of the $23 million settlement fund.

  2. November 10, 2015

    Seeger Weiss Dodges Widow's Suit Over Vioxx Settlement

    Seeger Weiss LLP has escaped a lawsuit accusing it of steering a widow involved in multidistrict litigation over Merck & Co. Inc.'s recalled drug Vioxx into a lowballed $6.9 million settlement over her husband's death, according to an order filed Monday in Louisiana federal court.

  3. July 08, 2014

    Hughes Hubbard Dodges Suit From Disgruntled Vioxx Plaintiff

    Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and claims administrator BrownGreer PLC have escaped a lawsuit accusing them of steering a widow involved in multidistrict litigation over Merck & Co. Inc.'s recalled Vioxx into a lowballed $6.9 million settlement over her husband's death, according to an order filed Monday in Louisiana federal court.

  4. April 07, 2014

    Merck Accuses Expert Of Leaking Confidential Vioxx Docs

    Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. on Friday urged a Louisiana federal court to sanction a controversial plaintiffs' expert who testified in the ongoing litigation over the drugmaker's failure to disclose vital health information about the recalled drug Vioxx, arguing that the doctor revealed confidential information to a reporter.

  5. July 18, 2013

    Merck To Pay $23M To Settle Vioxx Economic-Loss Claims

    Merck & Co. Inc. has agreed to pay up to $23 million to settle putative class claims of consumers who allege they suffered economic loss due to the drugmaker's purported misrepresentations regarding the recalled drug Vioxx, according to court papers filed Wednesday in Louisiana federal court.

  6. February 22, 2013

    Merck, Pa. Reach $8.25M Settlement Over Vioxx Disclosures

    Pennsylvania has reached an $8.25 million settlement with Merck & Co. in a suit — part of multidistrict litigation — accusing the drugmaker of fraudulently representing its drug Vioxx and prompting the state to pay more than it would have for safer medications, Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Friday.

  7. June 14, 2012

    Merck Wins Dismissal Of Vioxx False Claims Suit From MDL

    A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Washington, D.C., resident's false claims allegations in multidistrict litigation over the painkiller Vioxx, ruling the Medicaid recipient lacked standing to sue drugmaker Merck & Co.

  8. April 24, 2012

    Merck Ducks Missouri Vioxx Claims Linked To Settlements

    A Louisiana federal judge on Monday prevented plaintiffs in a $220 million Vioxx class action in Missouri against Merck & Co. Inc. from pursuing damages over product liability claims that were already resolved in multidistrict litigation settlements.

  9. March 21, 2012

    Judge Tosses Calif. County's Vioxx Class Action

    A Louisiana federal judge on Tuesday tossed the county of Santa Clara, Calif.'s proposed class action against Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. over misleading statements about the safety of the painkiller Vioxx, ruling Santa Clara lacks standing to bring fraud claims under the law of New Jersey, where the drugmaker is based.

  10. November 14, 2011

    Merck Strikes Deal With Fla., NY, SC Over Vioxx Claims

    Merck & Co. Inc. has reached settlements with Florida, New York and South Carolina in multidistrict litigation over discontinued painkiller Vioxx, according to papers filed Thursday in Louisiana federal court.

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