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Lawyers Herd Vioxx Cases Into State Courts
Plaintiff Lawyers Herding Vioxx Cases Into State Courts, Considered Less Friendly to Merck
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Plaintiff attorney Mark Lanier surveys the courthouse before the start of the first Vioxx trial in Angleton, Texas, in this July 14, 2005 file photo. Lanier and other plaintiff lawyers in the massive litigation over withdrawn painkiller Vioxx are banding together a legal "dream team" that will push all future lawsuits into state courts, which are considered less friendly to defendant Merck & Co., Lanier said Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer
The Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. Oct 24, 2005 — Lawyers for plaintiffs in the massive litigation over withdrawn painkiller Vioxx are banding together a legal "dream team" that plans to push all their future lawsuits into state courts, considered less friendly to defendant Merck & Co.
Houston lawyer Mark Lanier and New York attorney Perry Weitz have assembled a legal team of at least 10 law firms and 350 lawyers, Lanier told The Associated Press Monday.
In addition to pushing the lawsuits to state courts, the effort is aimed at forcing Merck to start "trying to resolve cases fairly" with settlements instead of fighting each in court,