Vioxx Plaintiff Accepts Settlement to Avoid Retrial

Facing a possible retrial, a South Carolina man chose to accept a $1.6 million from Merck & Co. after a trial judge overturned the original $51 million verdict.  The plaintiff alleged that Vioxx was to blame for a heart attack he suffered in 2002.  The judge found the original award to be excessive in light of the plaintiff’s successful recovery and a general lack of economic damages resulting from the heart attack. 

Source:  "Vioxx Plaintiff Takes $1.6M Rather Than Retry on Damages" published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

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