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Dan Ball Sears is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder to transfer a product liability case to Scott County, arguing the case has little if any connection to Madison County.
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MOUNT VERNON – Fifteen Illinois residents and a Missourian claiming Vioxx pills injured them can pursue claims against drug maker Merck in Cook County though they live elsewhere, the Fifth District appellate court ruled Feb. 1.
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Judge Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack may never get to decide whether Frank Schwaller will receive a new trial over his wife's death.
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John Driscoll Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack has taken under advisement a motion by Vioxx plaintiff's attorney John Driscoll to get another trial that went in favor of defendant drug maker Merck back in March.
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Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel J. Stack continued a hearing that was going to decide whether Madison County's first Vioxx plaintiff was to receive a new trial.
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Daniel Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack continues to make it clear that Vioxx plaintiffs must live in-county. For if out-of-towners want their cases to remain in his court they had better have compelling reasons.
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John Driscoll Attorney John Driscoll is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack to give his client a new trial, alleging the judge did not weigh all evidence when granting a directed verdict for Merck on one count of defective design during the county's first Vioxx trial.
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Merck attorney Dan Ball A Madison County jury returned a verdict in favor of Merck this morning.
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Edward Scolnick A plaintiff's expert witness in Madison County's Vioxx trial testified that he has billed nearly $140,000 for his services on Vioxx cases.
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Patricia Schwaller's preexisting risk factors - a family history of heart disease, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and sedentary lifestyle - was responsible for her tragic unfortunate, sudden cardiac death at age 53, Merck attorney Dan Ball told Madison County jurors Thursday as he wrapped up his opening arguments.
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Brian Wendler settled a truck driver's suit against Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc., after Cottrell argued that someone else made the chain that failed and caused the trucker's accident.
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Andy Birchfield Opening arguments are underway in the Metro East's first Vioxx trial.
Plaintiff's attorney Andy D. Birchfield, Jr. of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles in Montgomery, Ala., told the jury that he will introduce evidence that Vioxx caused heart attacks.
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A panel of 12 regular and three alternate jurors was selected in Madison County's Vioxx trial late this morning.
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"The loss of a mother and a wife is a very tragic thing," Merck attorney Dan Ball of Bryan Cave told potential jurors during a two-hour "voir dire" session in Madison County's Vioxx trial Tuesday afternoon.
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Plaintiff's attorney Mikal C. Watts of Corpus Christi, Texas told potential Vioxx jurors this morning that he will be asking for an award of "tens of millions of dollars" for his client.
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Judge Dan Stack When lawyers present opening arguments in Madison County's first Vioxx trial next week jurors will for the first time get a feel for what is expected to be a spellbinding five-week trial.
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Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel J. Stack Plaintiff's attorney John Driscoll of Brown & Crouppen will try to convince a jury that Vioxx caused or significantly contributed to the death of Frank Schwaller's wife in Madison County's first trial against Merck over the recalled arthritis pain reliever.