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Garza v. Merck Going Back to Trial?

By Blake Boyd

Interesting read over at law.com about the 4th Court’s ruling to remand the case due to “juror misconduct”.

According to the opinion, juror Jose Manuel Rios received interest-free loans totaling $12,700 from Felicia Garza over a six-year period beginning in 2000 but did not disclose that personal financial relationship during voir dire.

As noted in the opinion, Rios voted with the 10-2 majority in rendering a verdict against Merck.

I take interest in this case because I worked the trial technology end for the plaintiffs. If this actually makes it back to a courtroom, it’ll be a new ball game as: The judge will most likely be retired by then, the plaintiff counsel firm has had some internal changes, and Merck has a very public settlement that everyone knows about.

Should be interesting.



Relevant posts:
Garza v. Merck (this blog’s first post!)
Merck Agrees To Settle VIOXX Lawsuits

Full post as published by The Trial Technologist's View on December 12, 2008 (boomark / email).