Nah, this went to one woman, I'm sure the lawyers are getting a pretty good cut.
-----Original Message----- From: brobborb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: US Courts convict Merck! Who really won here? Where does most of the 229 milion go? To lawyers? Was this a class action lawsuit? Everyone gets a coupon and discounts, and the lawyer get 200 million! haha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vivec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 3:43 PM Subject: US Courts convict Merck! > Jury finds Vioxx maker Merck negligent, awards $229 million in damages. > > This is great news, and a good decision by the courts! > > Does anyone think though, that they should still be allowed to sell > Vioxx, with proper labelling that it can cause heart attacks etc. , > and let people use the drug at their own risk? > THere was testimony where people claimed their quality of life > improved tremendously using Vioxx, and then there was also research > statements that said Vioxx offered no more relief than an Advil. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170512 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
