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Lawyers want Kentucky cases tried in state courts
By Kay Stewart
The Courier-Journal
Lawyers who filed suits against Vioxx- maker Merck in Kentucky said yesterday they will fight to have the cases decided by local juries. One attorney said a New Jersey jury's verdict in favor of Merck yesterday may have partly reflected the location of the company's headquarters in the state. "It's like real estate -- location, location, location," said Al Hollon,a former commonwealth's attorney in Perry County who has filed 75 suits over Vioxx in Perry and Clay counties.
Saturday, October 1, 2005
Vioxx suits piling up in state courts
Thousands in U.S. allege drug unsafe
By Kay Stewart and Jason Riley
The Courier-Journal
Kentucky courts have been flooded in recent weeks with hundreds of lawsuits against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. over its banned drug Vioxx, which was pulled from the market a year ago yesterday. No one has an exact number of Kentucky lawsuits over the once-popular painkiller, but more than 130 have been filed in Jefferson County alone just this week, swamping clerks with thousands of documents.
Family of 6-year-old gets $900K settlement
By VINCE LUECKE
Attorneys claim ER doctor was negligent
TELL CITY - A Kentucky family, whose 6-year-old son allegedly died from negligent care from an emergency-room physician contracted to work at Perry County Memorial Hospital, will receive $900,000 under terms of a settlement, the family's attorneys said last week.
June 29, 2005
Family gets $900,000 settlement in son's death
By LIBBY KEELING
The family of Johnathon Elder - a 6-year-old boy who died in Evansville after allegedly receiving negligent care at Perry County (Ind.) Memorial Hospital - has received a $900,000 settlement, according to his parents' lawyers.
