Parties in Upcoming Vioxx Trials Seek Delays

Trial dates that had been set for this month in what were expected to be the first two Vioxx cases to proceed to a jury will likely be postponed at the request of counsel, who have also indicated that the federal MDL judge would like the trials delayed, sources told HarrisMartin Publishing.

Parties in both cases, Rogers v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. CV-03-073 (Ala. Cir. Ct., Clay Cty.) and Ernst v. Merck & Co., et al., No. 19961 (Texas Dist. Ct., Brazoria Cty.), agreed to file requests in their respective state courts seeking a continuance, after Vioxx MDL …