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Cardiology
Merck Wins Product Liability Case in Madison County, Ill. - Schwaller v. Merck
April 10th, 2007
Merck & Co., Inc. is pleased that a jury in Madison County, Ill., found in favor of Merck, rejecting a claim that the Company was liable for the death of an Illinois woman. Frank Schwaller, who represents the estate of his wife, Patricia Schwaller, alleged that she used VIOXX(R) for more than one-and-a-half years and that it caused her death in 2003 at age 52. "The evidence showed that Merck acted responsibly and that VIOXX was not the cause of Mrs. Schwaller's sudden cardiac death," said Dan Ball of the St. Louis firm Bryan Cave LLP, Merck's lead attorney in the case. "Unfortunately, Mrs. Schwaller had multiple risk factors for sudden cardiac death...
Source: Drug Law Weekly (2007-04-10)
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