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Litigation

Nov. 4, 2006

Vioxx Judge May Issue Template Rulings for Controlling 4,000 Cases

LOS ANGELES - With the number of Vioxx liability lawsuits against Merck & Co. climbing past 23,800 nationwide and the company sticking by a pledge to try them individually, the question becomes, How do you move all those cases without clogging the system?

By Bobbi Murray
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - With the number of Vioxx liability lawsuits against Merck & Co. climbing past 23,800 nationwide and the company sticking by a pledge to try them individually, the question becomes, How do you move all those cases without clogging the system?
      The cases are scattered throughout the country but concentrated in Califo...

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