Judge Denies Class Status for Lawsuits Over Vioxx
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A judge ruled that federal lawsuits claiming death or injury from the drug Vioxx cannot be pooled into one national class action.
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A federal district judge in Washington dismissed an antitrust lawsuit that contended medical residents are forced to participate in a system that ensures they work long hours for low wages.
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A federal judge has ruled that some product liability claims against Boston Scientific Corp.  over heart defibrillators can proceed, rejecting the medical device company's motions to dismiss them.
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Merck & Co. Inc. said on Tuesday   that a federal jury in New Orleans ruled in its favor in a   lawsuit over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, in which a   Kentucky man said it caused him to have a heart attack.
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A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a California voter initiative that increases monitoring of sex offenders and limits where they can live.
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A Tennessee man's claim that the maker of the painkiller Vioxx should be blamed for his 2003 heart attack was rejected yester day by a federal jury, the fourth victory for Merck &amp; Co. in five federal trials.
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A U.S. federal judge has denied motions to certify classes of users of osteoporosis drug Fosamax who wanted Merck & Co  to set up a program to monitor them for an ailment involving jaw bone decay.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused on  Monday to review the class-action status for a lawsuit on  behalf of more than 600,000 doctors claiming six managed-care  companies violated federal racketeering law by regularly  underpaying them for medical services.
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Merck & Co Inc  said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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A lawyer who represents Merck & Co. in its litigation over Vioxx said on Tuesday that an unpublished study that reportedly shows heart risks with the withdrawn painkiller in short-term use is not supported by other data.
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British patients who claim they suffered heart attacks after taking the drug Vioxx have lost the right to fight for compensation in the US
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The judge presiding over Conrad Black&#39;s  criminal fraud trial refused a request from his lawyers on  Wednesday to bring back to the stand and try to further  discredit the star witness against the former media baron.
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Thousands of federal lawsuits claiming the drug Vioxx caused heart attacks and other conditions that killed or injured people cannot be pooled into one national class action, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the Central District of California Friday denied a motion by the Austrian government to dismiss a lawsuit charging it with wrongful possession of valuable artwork ...
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The Food and Drug Administration  ignored danger signals from its own scientists about Merck and  Co. Inc.'s Vioxx painkiller, Sen. Charles Grassley told a  hearing Thursday into the drug's withdrawal in September.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey judge backed a jury's verdict that Merck & Co. properly warned doctors of the safety risks associated with its Vioxx painkiller prior to a Vioxx user's fatal heart attack, a court official said on Monday.
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Merck and Co. Inc. on Wednesday said a  New Orleans federal court will handle pretrial matters for  federal lawsuits filed by former users of Vioxx, who claim they  were harmed by the company's withdrawn arthritis drug.