MDL Plaintiff Says Her Health, Unemployment Warrant Remand

NEW ORLEANS - A pro se plaintiff has requested that the federal Vioxx MDL remand her case to its original New York jurisdiction, claiming that her poor health, unemployment and pro se status prevent her from adequately representing herself in the New Orleans-based litigation. In Re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1657; Strujan v. Merck & Co. Inc., No. 07-906 (E.D. La.).

New York City resident Elena Strujan's April 13 motion for remand is one of several requests by federal MDL plaintiffs seeking remand of their cases from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to …