A New Jersey jury ordered Merck & Co. yesterday to pay $4.5 million in the case of a man who blamed the firm's Vioxx painkiller for his heart attack, but rejected a similar claim from a second plaintiff who had taken the drug for less time and suffered less severe damage to his health. -
Vioxx Jury Splits in Suits by 2 Heart Patients
A New Jersey jury ordered Merck & Co. yesterday to pay $4.5 million in the case of a man who blamed the firm's Vioxx painkiller for his heart attack, but rejected a similar claim from a second plaintiff who had taken the drug for less time and suffered less severe damage to his health.-
By Brooke A. Masters