Prempro MDL Plaintiff Dismisses Case After Seeing Vioxx Trial Publicity

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Prempro MDL plaintiff voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit on Sept. 19 after seeing the 'flurry of white hot publicity' from the recently tried Vioxx case. Edna Morphew v. Wyeth, et al., No. 05-CV-847, (E.D. Ark.); In re: Prempro Products Liability Litigation. MDL Docket No. 4:03-cv-1507, (E.D. Ark.).

Edna Morphew moved to dismiss her bellwether case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, saying she has 'seen the flurry of white hot publicity shed on the family from the first Vioxx case tried in the country.' She said she feared her case 'changed …