What Happened To Class
Plaintiffs' Lawyers Seek Mass Action, Not Class Action, To Push Large Personal Injury Cases
January 31, 2005 at 07:00 PM
45 minute read
You could hear the rumbling and thefaint hiss of steam even before Sept. 30, 2004?? 1/2 the day Merck announced it was pulling its painkiller Vioxx off the market for potential side effects. Now the sound of meshing gears and stoking furnaces is inescapable: The litigation locomotive is fueling up, taking
on passengers and preparing to set those steel rails humming.
The Vioxx Express is pretty sure to have not a single empty seat. Estimates are that as many as 50,000 of the 20 million former Vioxx users may have suffered serious cardiovascular problems.
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