Widow Drops Vioxx Claims Weeks Before Philadelphia Trial
January 22, 2007
PHILADELPHIA - A New Jersey woman who alleged that Vioxx caused her husband's heart attack and death has dropped her claims against Merck & Co. Inc. five weeks before her trial was to begin in Philadelphia. McCool v. Merck & Co. Inc., et al., No. 050902018 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Cty.).
On Jan. 16, Angela McCool filed a praecipe to discontinue in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, and Merck said in a Jan. 22 statement that McCool has agreed to voluntarily dismiss her lawsuit with prejudice.
According to Merck, the case was selected for trial by plaintiffs' …
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