It is 1 to 1 and we now move to federal court for round 3 in the Vioxx wars. The first federal trial is in Houston, where Jere Beasley from Alabama will serve as lead counsel for the plaintiffs and Phil Beck from Chicago will serve as lead counsel for…
The jury in the NJ Vioxx case retired for deliberations at short time ago (it is now 2:35 CDT). Here is a summary of Chris’ closing argument.
The Tennessee Supreme Court has decided Brown v. Crown Equipment Co., a case that asked the Court to give us a further understanding of the McDaniel opinion on expert testimony that it released a few years ago. Brown involves an injury related to a forklift; the trial judge excluded two…
Closing arguments are today – read this article from Bloomberg for the latest summary of recent events and thoughts of other lawyers about the case.
Closing arguments in the New Jersey Vioxx trial are expected to begin on Monday, according to news reports. The lawyers are working with the trial judge on jury instructions today. The trial has lasted seven weeks. Predictably, there has not been as much press about this case as the one…
A group of plaintiffs lawyers have formed a “dream team” to take on Merck in Vioxx litigation. Merck has said it will defend every case individually, but now a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers has said they will band together and will press for a continuous trial schedule so that plaintiffs…
A recent edition of the journal of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel article called “Handling Difficult Issues in Products Liability Actions: Subsequent Remedial Measures, Similar Accidents, Recalls, and Foreign Defendants.” It is written by Bradley C. Nahrstadt. The well-written article has a nice collection of cases from around…
Ford Motor Company apparently says one thing in the courtroom and another thing in press conferences. This news article says that Ford’s PR people keep saying that Ford did dynamic testing of its vehicles but that its witnesses at a recent trial said they did not. When asked to explain…
Here is the latest on the New Jersey Vioxx trial. My guess is that we will have a verdict next week.
Bryant Flury alleged that he was injured when his air bag failed to open. He brought suit against the manufacturer of the truck he was driving at the time of the one vehicle accident. He won a $250,000 jury verdict. The manufacturer appealed on several grounds, including that the subject…