Vioxx Killed Mom?
Marc Golin is filing a lawsuit against Merck, claiming Merck's Vioxx was the cause of this mother's heart attack two years ago. "My mom was a fighter and her heart really failed," Golin said of his decision to file the lawsuit. "The sad thing is, she never had a problem with her heart before." Goulin's mother was 80 years old when she died. Goulin's lawyer says that charges are being filed for wrongful death damages because Merck did not post warnings about the dangers of the drug, despite possibly having known as early as 1997 that Vioxx was a dangerous drug.
Merck has won four of the seven cases thus far to have reached verdicts, but still faces more than 21,000 Vioxx lawsuits. More Vioxx lawsuits still could potentially be filed, though the statute of limitations has run out in many states. Goulin is angered by Merck's possible cover up of the dangers posed by Vioxx: "It wasn't fair what they did and now they're trying to do the big cover-up."
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