Wisconsin Lawyer seeks new Vioxx trial
A Wisconsin Attorney requested Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack to give his client a new trial, alleging the judge did not weigh all evidence when granting a directed verdict for Merck on one count of defective design during the county's first Vioxx trial.
At trial, lawyers for the Plaintiff alleged that Vioxx was defectively designed, inadequately tested, dangerous to human health, and lacked proper warnings, which subjected users to risks of heart attacks, strokes and other illnesses.
Merck argued that the Plaintiff''s preexisting risk factors -- a family history of heart disease, morbid obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and sedentary lifestyle -- were responsible for her tragic unfortunate, sudden cardiac death
The trial ended in favor of Merck on March 27 after a seven-woman, five-man jury rejected the Plaintiff's claim that his wife's sudden heart attack at age 52 was caused by taking Vioxx.
Click Here to read more about this request for a new Vioxx trial in the Madison Record.
