When the Vioxx product liability trial commenced in Atlantic City, New Jersey earlier this month defense attorneys for Merck immediately began to attack the defendant by saying that their heart attacks were caused by pre-existing health issues as oppossed to the now infamous painkiller.

Here's an example of what the liability attorneys had to say about the defendant, Elaine Doherty:
"If anyone was going to have a heart attack, it was Mrs. Doherty..."

Merck, will have to continue slinging mud a defendants for a long long time because roughly 13,000 Vioxx-related lawsuits like the one pursued by Doherty have already been filed. Merck vowed to fight them one by one. They have already lost three trials so far, with juries awarding multimillion-dollar verdicts in each.

Here's a link to an AP story with more detailed info on this ongoing trial:
http://www.dailynews.com/business/ci_3903078

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