Jury reaches verdicts in 2 Vioxx cases
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey jury reached verdicts on Friday in cases brought by two plaintiffs against drug maker Merck & Co.  over its withdrawn Vioxx arthritis drug.
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A jury on Thursday found  Merck &amp; Co.&#039;s  withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx was not a  substantial factor in the heart attack of a 68-year-old New  Jersey woman.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - After several days of  turmoil that saw two jurors dismissed from the case, the jury  reached a verdict on Friday in the double-murder trial of  California fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The jury has reached a verdict on a sentence for convicted double-murderer Scott Peterson (search), which will be handed down at 4:30 pm EST (1:30 pm EST) Monday.
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Patients taking Merck & Co.'s Vioxx arthritis drug had 50 percent more heart attacks and cases of sudden cardiac death than those taking Pfizer Inc.'s rival Celebrex drug, according to a large study financed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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A federal judge on Wednesday threw   out a $50 million jury award against Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N,   calling the compensation excessive for a former FBI agent who   suffered a heart attack while using Merck's Vioxx painkiller   and saying a new trial on damages was needed.
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A federal jury found that Merck had adequately warned of the heart risks associated with the arthritis pain reliever.
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A federal judge on Wednesday threw   out a $50 million jury award against Merck & Co. Inc., calling   the compensation excessive for a former FBI agent who suffered   a heart attack while using Merck's Vioxx painkiller and saying   a new trial on damages was needed.
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A New Jersey jury on Monday ordered Merck & Co.  to pay $47.5 million in damages after finding that the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis drug, Vioxx, was responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and that the company was reckless in promoting the drug.
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Some large health insurers are feeling vindicated after Merck&#39;s decision to withdraw its painkiller Vioxx from the market because long-term use raises the risk of heart attack or stroke.
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A surge of lawsuits has swamped courthouses just ahead of the two-year anniversary of drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. pulling its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market.
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When pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. abruptly pulled its arthritis pain medication Vioxx from the marketplace on Sept. 30, more than 2 million patients were taking the drug.
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A U.S. jury on Friday found former media mogul Conrad Black guilty of multiple counts of criminal fraud and a single count of obstruction of justice but acquitted him of a racketeering charge.
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Description: A jury in Houston finds four former Merrill Lynch bankers and a former Enron vice president a guilty of conspiracy and fraud.
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A New Orleans jury handed Merck &  Co.  a victory Wednesday in the latest federal Vioxx  product liability trial, finding that the drugmaker adequately  warned of the heart risks associated with the medicine.
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NEW YORK CITY-Late yesterday, a jury determined that the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center constituted two occurrences for insurance purposes.
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A federal judge overturned a $50   million award handed down by a jury against Merck & Co. Inc.   earlier this month in a case of a former FBI agent who had   blamed the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx for his heart attack.