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Merck Wins Partial Victory in Vioxx Litigation


by Michael J. Slocum
Sheila A. Woolson View Biography
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. View Firm Credentials
Newark Office

June 24, 2008

Previously published on June 2008

The New Jersey Appellate Division has reversed a jury award of punitive damages against pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co., Inc., for its marketing of the pain reliever Vioxx, holding that federal laws partially preempt the New Jersey Product Liability Act (PLA). McDarby v. Merck & Co., Inc., A-0076-07T1 (App. Div. May 29, 2008).


 

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