Plaintiff's Attempt to Add 22 Merck Sales Reps as Defendants Rejected by Judge



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MOBILE, Ala. - A woman's attempt to name 22 Merck employees as potential defendants in her Vioxx products liability suit was rejected by a magistrate judge after the plaintiff admitted that she had not conducted enough discovery to particularly identify the sales reps who interacted with her husband's treating physicians. Carolyn Younge v. Merck & Co., Inc., et al., No. 03-0125-M (S.D. Ala.).

In an order entered June 30, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bert W. Milling, Jr., denied plaintiff Carolyn Younge's motion for leave to file an amended complaint. Judge Milling also granted Younge's motion to dismiss the Merck sales …






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