Judge Dave Hylla The country's first ever trial over a controversial acne medication was continued Tuesday by Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla so he could schedule a hearing on whether punitive damages will be allowed in the case.
In the wake of the highest-profile Madison County defense verdict of them all-- a jury siding with pharmaceutical giant Merck over widowed husband Frank Schwaller-- surely, the Metro-East's once-untouchable plaintiff's bar is muttering.
Madison County Circuit Judge Dave Hylla declared a mistrial in a case against Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville after jurors failed to reach a verdict.
Mikal Watts After closing arguments are heard Monday in Madison County's first Vioxx trial, jurors will begin deciding whether Patricia Schwaller's use of the pain relieving drug caused her death.
Merck's defense witness Jerome Cohen, M.D., a St. Louis cardiologist, said his ties to pharmaceutical companies did not influence his opinion that Vioxx did not cause Patricia Schwaller's death.
Plaintiff's attorney Robert Gregory told Madison County jurors he would prove that Rosewood Care Center was negligent in caring for a patient who suffered a fractured hip six hours into his respite visit in January 2003.
Vioxx was tested on more people and for longer periods of time than required by the Food and Drug Administration, explained Merck's vice president of research Briggs Morrison on the witness stand all day in Madison County Court Wednesday.
Frank Schwaller recalled for jurors the final moments of his wife's life as his attorneys get close to wrapping up their case in Madison County's first Vioxx trial.
Ramon's El Dorado Restaurant A Madison County jury cut in half its $204,375.77 award to Marilyn Rudolph on March 9, after a five-day personal injury trial against Ramon's El Dorado Restaurant in Collinsville.
Mikal Watts Merck's executive director of epidemiology was grilled for nearly six hours Thursday by plaintiff's attorney Mikal Watts in Madison County's Vioxx trial.
Dawn Sallerson Attorneys for Terminix and The Service Master Company removed a Madison County class action suit to federal court on March 2, citing the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA).
Clyde Kuehn St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young has admitted he was driving drunk in return for negotiated terms and conditions of his sentence.