Texas Panel Assigns Consolidated Vioxx Docket to Harris County Judge

AUSTIN, Texas - The Multidistrict Panel in Texas that granted a motion to transfer and consolidate more than 50 state court Vioxx cases in Houston has chosen a judge to preside over the proceedings. In Re: Vioxx Litigation, No. 05-0436 (Texas Sup. Ct.).

Judge Randy Wilson of the 157th District Court of Harris County will oversee the state's Vioxx docket, according to an order issued Sept. 6 in the Texas Supreme Court.

On Aug. 25, the Supreme Court's MDL panel granted a Rule 13 motion to consolidate the Vioxx litigation after defendant Merck & Co. Inc. filed a petition claiming …