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Product Liability

Jun. 22, 2006

Concerns About Due Process Cause Judge to Sever Vioxx Cases

LOS ANGELES - With less than a day to go before jury selection begins in California's first Vioxx liability trial, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday severed two cases she had been inclined to try together.

By Bobbi Murray
Daily Journal Staff Writer


      LOS ANGELES - With less than a day to go before jury selection begins in California's first Vioxx liability trial, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday severed two cases she had been inclined to try together.
      Judge Victoria G. Chaney's was a victory of sorts for Merck & Co., the drug's manufacturer, whose strateg...

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