This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Corporate

May 18, 2006

Vioxx-Case Defenders Push for Dismissal

LOS ANGELES-One of two Vioxx cases that appeared headed for consolidation into one liability trial in Los Angeles could be dismissed if the defense gets its way because the statute of limitations may have expired.

By Bobbi Murray
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES-One of two Vioxx cases that appeared headed for consolidation into one liability trial in Los Angeles could be dismissed if the defense gets its way because the statute of limitations may have expired.
      The California defense team for Merck & Co., the New Jersey-based manufacturer of the once-popular painkiller...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up