Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8805
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Publication type: news
Tesoriero HW.
Jury Awards $47.5 Million To Man in Vioxx Retrial
Wall Street Journal 2007 Mar 13
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Abstract:
A New Jersey jury awarded $47.5 million to an Idaho postal worker after finding that Merck & Co.‘s painkiller Vioxx was a cause in his heart attack.
The jury found the drug maker’s handling of Vioxx was “oppressive, outrageous or malicious.” They awarded Frederick “Mike” Humeston and his wife $20 million in compensatory damages and $27.5 million in punitive damages.
The verdict under the laws of New Jersey, where Merck is based, is a blow to the company, which had been on a winning streak in litigation over the once-popular arthritis remedy. The verdict also …
