N.Y. City, State sue Merck
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NEW YORK - The state and city sued Merck &amp; Co. Inc. yesterday, saying the drug maker defrauded Medicaid and other government insurance programs by hiding the risks of heart problems associated with its pain medication Vioxx.
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A former user of the pain relief medicine Vioxx is suing the drug maker and Wal-Mart in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in circuit court in Hempstead County, Ark.
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A New Jersey jury found on Monday that  Merck & Co. Inc.'s  withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx was  responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and it awarded $20  million in compensatory damages.
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Scores of Michigan residents are clamoring to file lawsuits against drug giant Merck &amp; Co. since its arthritis drug Vioxx was found to increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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TORONTO - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court on behalf of people who have used the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.
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TRENTON, N.J. - Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co...
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New York City sued 12 more out-of-state gun dealers in federal court on Thursday for what officials called a pattern of illegally selling guns that end up being used for crimes in the city.
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MERCK faces a fresh barrage of lawsuits over its Vioxx arthritis drug that together could cost it as much as $18 billion (Â£9.8 billion) as hundreds of lawyers from across America will next week team up for a combined attack on the embattled drug
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TORONTO (CP) - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Hundreds of lawyers who claim that people were injured or killed by the painkiller Vioxx plan to lay groundwork for a legal assault against the drug's maker, Merck.
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An Oklahoma lawsuit filed on Thursday charges that Merck &amp; Co. misled patients about the safety of its arthritis drug. The case may signal many more such lawsuits against the drugmaker
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Merck, the maker of the arthritis drug Vioxx is facing a nationwide legal assault as lawyers representing thousands of people injured or killed by the painkiller meet next week to set the groundwork for a massive action against the drug maker.
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New York Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi sued Merck &amp; Co. on Tuesday, seeking to recoup value lost in the state&#39;s pension fund after the drug manufacturer pulled its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September.
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The pharmaceutical sues over patent infringement.
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New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday filed suit against Merck & Co. Inc., claiming the drugmaker concealed the withdrawn arthritis treatment's risks, the Attorney General's office said.
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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.