Vioxx Lawsuit
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Unions sue over Vioxx settlement
by Chris Rizo
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Two of the nation's most powerful unions have sued six law firms for their handling of litigation against Vioxx maker Merck & Co. Inc.
The Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters Union filed the federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Vioxx was taken off the market in September 2004, after the once-popular pain medication was found to increase the risk of stroke and heart attack.
The unions claim the Nov. 2007 settlement of the liability class action suit, in which Merck was held harmless, failed to provide money for reimbursements to lien rights of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans.
ERISA, enacted in 1974, aimes to protect the interests of employee benefit plan participants and their beneficiaries by requiring the disclosure to them of financial and other information concerning the plan.
The complaint says that the $4.85 billion that Merck has agreed to place in a settlement account to pay claimants who say they were harmed by Vioxx will be distributed by a secret formula that violates the ERISA provisions.
If the court does not grant an injunction, the unions' lawsuit says the plaintiffs will be "irreparably harmed."
Defendants in the case are: BrownGreer PLC; Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles PC; Blizzard, McCarthy & Nabers LLP; Girardi and Keese; Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar LLP; and Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman.
The lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of the unions by the New Orleans, La., law firm of King, Krebs & Jurgens.
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2 Comments:
I was harm by Vioxx and when in to Cardiac Aresst 2x and still have many Problems and a lot of heart meds and was Short Changed by Merck and my Lawyers and was done very wrong and after they say they were going to do so much and i had a good case i was done very wrong i have know Health Ins because of the Heart attacks sudden CardIAC Death they did me very even after their Lawyer came to see me but this is one thing i do know God is a Good God he told me not to worry he is going to fight this Battle for me and everyone else that was harmed so i know this one thing gaints do fall and this is going to be a very big one because the Lawyers let them get away but Surly God is ABLE HE IS NOT GOING TO People of GOD LET US KEEP CALLING ON HIS NAME BECAUSE MAN WILL FELL YOU BUT JESUS WANT HE HAS THE POWER ANYWAY THEY DO NOT SO LET US JUST WATCH GOD MOVE AND DO WHAT HE HAVE TO DO
9:44 PM
If you look below your ring finger of your right hand, when you are typing, you will find a PERIOD KEY. GOD put this there so that you can have PUNCTUATION when you type otherwise everything just runs together and you look either crazy or stupid
11:42 PM
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