W. Mark Lanier, the Houston lawyer who won a $253.5 million verdict in the nation's first Vioxx pharmaceutical suit, wants another shot at a big win. In theory, attempts by Lanier and his small, breakaway group of plaintiffs lawyers to try future Vioxx suits in state, rather than federal, court will pressure Merck & Co. to come to the settlement bargaining table. But a judge overseeing the Vioxx litigation told a courtroom full of lawyers last week that the plans of Lanier's group are "counterproductive."
October 31, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
W. Mark Lanier, the Houston lawyer who won a $253.5 million verdict in August in the nation’s first Vioxx pharmaceutical suit, wants another shot at a big win. But he wants to do it in state — not federal — court, and on his own — not as part of a multidistrict litigation pool.
He resigned from a state liaison committee in the federal Vioxx MDL on Oct. 24 to concentrate on litigating individual Vioxx suits in state court.
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