Texas state appellate court orders new trial against Merck maker of Vioxx drug
Texas 4th Court of Appeals justices order new trial against drugmaker Merck & Co. Drug injury lawyers say new evidence points to Vioxx drug causing cardiac deaths.
December 16, 2008, Dallas, TX (AmericanInjuryNews.com)–Enews reporters, specializing in dangerous prescription drug news, alert all consumers and Dallas drug injury lawyers of a new Texas court verdict.
Merck & Company, a drug manufacturer based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, lost an appeal in the Texas 4th Court of Appeals last Wednesday. The Texas appellate court panel, of three judges, ruled there should be a new trial in a Vioxx cardiac death case. The verdict by the appellate court justices leaves Merck, the manufacturer of the prescription pain drug Vioxx, contemplating an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.
Enews harmful product injury reporters are informing all Texans and Dallas County drug injury lawyers that Merck pulled Vioxx from the market in September 2004. The drug was recalled because of an alarming number of patient injuries and deaths. The company and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) www.fda.gov recall in 2004, triggered an avalanche of lawsuits against Merck. Merck has begun paying on a $4.85 billion settlement to end the bulk of the personal injury suits because of Vioxx’s lethal side effects of heart disease, stroke, and death. The new verdict, by the judges, has sent the original product injury death lawsuit case back to the original trial court, in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Enews drug injury and FDA alert and recall reporters reveal to all Texans and drug injury attorneys of possible new evidence about the dangers of Vioxx. Recent medical journal articles state Merck misrepresented data on the safety of Vioxx in some publications. Allegations further claim the drug company had ghostwriters prepare manuscripts for journal publications on some of its Vioxx studies. These allegations are claiming Merck knowingly falsified the safety information of its medication to market the drug. If you or someone you know has been injured from taking Vioxx or any other medication you may be entitled to compensation. Contacting a Dallas drug injury attorney may help you recover from your damages and injuries.
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