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"Merck says appeals court overturns verdict in Vioxx case"

"Merck says appeals court overturns verdict in Vioxx case": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "A Texas appeals court on Wednesday overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck & Co. in a case involving its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. A Texas jury in April 2006 awarded the widow of 71-year-old Leonel Garza $32 million. That later was cut to about $7.75 million under Texas damage caps. On Wednesday, the Texas 4th Court of Appeals overturned the verdict, ruling that Garza's family failed to provide evidence that Garza's long-standing heart disease could not have been the cause of his fatal heart attack in 2001."

You can access today's ruling of the Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas at this link. And you can access other filings in the case via this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on May 14, 2008 (boomark / email).