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 Posted: 08/19/05 - 15:30 Post subject: VIOXX Trial Jury: Victom's family gets $229 million
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Holy f*****g shit. So, some guy dies from complications/defects/etc in a painkiller, and his family gets $229 million? Good god that is alot of money...
edit: Whoops! Forgot the link...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166255,00.html
And yes, that's what the jury decided, not the judge (I didn't realize the judge usually reduces it).
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Occulis
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 15:44 Post subject:
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Awesome, I bet the lawyer gets $48 million of that. wtg wu wu go team yeah bankrupting the american dream
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Pags
RealPoor Guru
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 15:46 Post subject:
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Isn't this one of those frivalous lawsuits Bush is always talking about? :P
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Jukas
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 16:19 Post subject: Re: VIOXX Trial Jury: Victom's family gets $229 million
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| Pags wrote: | | Holy f*****g shit. So, some guy dies from complications/defects/etc in a painkiller, and his family gets $229 million? Good god that is alot of money... |
Without seeing a link to the story, I'm guessing that was a jury awarded amount, which frequently gets reduced by the presiding judge.
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Kukoc
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 16:22 Post subject:
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I trial down ~4200 more to go
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Jukas
Toomuchtimeonhands
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 16:25 Post subject:
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http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/19/news/fortune500/vioxx/index.htm?cnn=yes
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The verdict held Merck liable for the death.
The jury awarded more than $250 million in total damages -- a $24 million penalty to Carol Ernst for mental anguish and loss of companionship and $229 million in punitive damages.
Ernst's Houston-based lawyer, Mark Lanier, was seeking $40.4 million in damages and after the verdict said he expected the punitive damages award to be reduced according to Texas law.
Merck said it would appeal the decision. "We believe that the plaintiff did not meet the standard set by Texas law to prove Vioxx caused Mr. Ernst's death," said Jonathan Skidmore, a member of Merck's legal defense team, according to a statement released by Merck.
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$229 million in punitive damages? Not likely. She'll probably end up with an award in the 30 - 50 million range if she's lucky.
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Pags
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 16:26 Post subject:
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I see, well that makes me feel slightly better...slightly.
edited my original post to include link ;p
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Occulis
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 16:27 Post subject:
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I'll take 1.8 million OK!
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Plat4PoP
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 17:08 Post subject:
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| Pags wrote: | Isn't this one of those frivalous lawsuits Bush is always talking about?  |
They are only frivalous if they are against companies that donate to the RNC, so yes
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Docter
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 17:16 Post subject:
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| Plat4PoP wrote: | | Pags wrote: | | Isn't this one of those frivalous lawsuits Bush is always talking about? |
They are only frivalous if they are against companies that donate to the RNC, so yes |
Back up your claim or shut your hole, unless spoken to.
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Brael
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 17:26 Post subject:
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Ridiculous.
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Occulis
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 17:28 Post subject:
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No entry found for rediculous. Did you mean ridiculous?
No entry found for frivalous. Did you mean frivolous?
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Pags
RealPoor Guru
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 17:58 Post subject:
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Find a match for eat shit and die?
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goatface
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 18:02 Post subject:
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i just hope to see a jury award like 10 billion soon 
i did watch a very good report on how legal firms
search out and try to have these cases in the smallest towns
they can, to get the big bucks, even the ones that don't make the headlines
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lotek
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 19:12 Post subject:
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f*****g b******t. Ya, lets f**k over the medical industry, thats a smart idea!
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Brael
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 19:37 Post subject:
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It doesn't f**k them over at all, thats the problem. When you award a case like this all it does is increase the next 115 million pills by $2 each increasing a 30 day perscription cost by $60. Afterwards people are still buying the pills so they leave the price as it is. If you want to hurt a company with deep pockets you need to do something besides award a large amount of money to a person since they can afford to take a short term hit in order to actually profit more in the long term.
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Overon
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 21:13 Post subject:
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Pags
RealPoor Guru
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 21:37 Post subject:
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You know, if you are trying to make a point, it would be helpful if you didn't just post a pic of a book.
And if you aren't trying to be helpful, then just f**k off.
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Ishmael
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 21:43 Post subject:
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| Pags wrote: | | Overon wrote: | |
You know, if you are trying to make a point, it would be helpful if you didn't just post a pic of a book.
And if you aren't trying to be helpful, then just f**k off. |
He's a unhelpful b*****d aye!
Meep meep.
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Cethan
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Posted: 08/19/05 - 22:04 Post subject:
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What a f*****g joke.
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lotek
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Posted: 08/20/05 - 01:16 Post subject:
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| Brael wrote: | | It doesn't f**k them over at all, thats the problem. When you award a case like this all it does is increase the next 115 million pills by $2 each increasing a 30 day perscription cost by $60. Afterwards people are still buying the pills so they leave the price as it is. If you want to hurt a company with deep pockets you need to do something besides award a large amount of money to a person since they can afford to take a short term hit in order to actually profit more in the long term. |
ya your right, it jsut f***s all of us instead.
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lotek
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Posted: 08/20/05 - 01:17 Post subject:
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probably my favorite steinbeck
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Overon
RealPoor Guru
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Posted: 08/20/05 - 11:28 Post subject:
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| lotek wrote: | | probably my favorite steinbeck |
| Pags wrote: | You know, if you are trying to make a point, it would be helpful if you didn't just post a pic of a book.
And if you aren't trying to be helpful, then just f**k off. |
hey look .. i made that post for people like Iotek .. not you
.. j*****s
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