Chris Seeger Discusses Vioxx on Bloomberg

A jury in Atlantic County, N.J. today returned verdicts, awarding $20 million in compensatory damages and $27.5 million in punitive damages to plaintiff Frederick 'Mike' Humeston and his wife Mary against defendant Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) in the Vioxx-related personal injury trial entitled, Humeston v. Merck, as reported by the plaintiffs' trial counsel, Seeger Weiss LLP. The jury's verdicts represent a total damages award against Merck of $47.5 million.

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[CaseyRocky]

1:26 ...and they attack patients by saying in big words that they're fat, lazy, old, weak, and uneducated and that's why they had their heart attack. very good thesis and well put.