Celebrex/Vioxx Plaintiff Says Doctor Told Her to Ignore Side Effect Reports

McALLEN, Texas - A Texas woman who claims she suffered a heart attack as a result of her ingestion of Vioxx and Celebrex has filed a motion to remand, claiming that her physician was not fraudulently joined to the action because he allegedly told the plaintiff to ignore press reports indicating that the drugs were dangerous. Layton v. Dario Arango, M.D., et al., No. 05-149 (S.D. Texas).

Plaintiff Santos Layton says in a May 3 motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas that Merck & Co.'s notice of removal based on fraudulent joinder of …