3 Responses to “looking for vioxx lawyer in indiana still taking claims?”

1. Zsa*Zsa* Galore on December 31st, 2008 3:02 am

   Here’s an Indiana firm listing Vioxx cases on their website:
   They do list an 800 number you can call if this is long distance for you.

   March 04, 2008
   Vioxx Settlement Update
   Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that enough claimants have agreed to Merck’s Vioxx settlement proposal to keep the deal alive. Eighty-five percent of eligible claimants had to enroll by Friday and more than ninety-three percent have joined thus far. Here’s an excerpt of the article:

   Claimants next are required to provide medical records that third-party administrators will use to assess what payment they might qualify for. Under the settlement plan, a claim must be based on an incidence of heart attack, ischemic stroke or sudden cardiac death. Plaintiffs must provide documentation showing that Vioxx was taken for at least 30 days and show that the injury occurred within 14 days of using the drug. Payouts will be adjusted according to other cardiovascular risk factors.

   Plaintiffs lawyers estimate that, depending on age and risk factors, settlement payments will range from $50,000 to $1.5 million, with an average exceeding $200,000. Merck, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., set aside $1.9 billion for litigation costs — not including any payouts — and spent $1.2 billion. But plaintiffs had trouble persuading juries that Vioxx, and not other risk factors, had caused injuries. Of the 16 cases that went to trial, Merck prevailed in 11. Some plaintiffs won big, though: At the first Vioxx trial, a jury in August 2005 awarded a Texas widow $253.4 million — later reduced to $27.2 million, including interest.

2. MARTY HANSEN on January 25th, 2009 11:44 pm

   I ONLY RECENTLY WAS TOLD BY MY DOCTORS ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME FROM VIOXX. THEY FELT IT WAS FOR MY OWN GOOD
   AND THAT NOW, I COULD HANDLE INFO REGARDING STROKES AND MORE.
   MEANWHILE, I MADE HORRIBLE FNCL. DECISIONS, EMOTIONAL ONES
   DOING SO WITH APPROX. MY “normal BEANS”—I RECENTLY SAW
   STATE SCORE–EST IQ. IT WAS LESS THAN 1/2 MY KNOWN IQ. GROWING UP WHERE I DID, WHEN I DID, IQ TESTS WERE GIVEN STG IN 5TH GRADE AND I KNOW SCORE AS OF 4—3 WERE IDENTICAL, ONE TWO PTS APART.

   ATTYS TELL ME I DEFINITELY HAVE A CASE, NOT TO STOP AS WILL WIN BUT CAN NOT AFFORD (THEY OR ME THE LITIGATION COSTS –I HAVE LOST LITERALLY MILLIONS.) SO I HAVE SAME QUESTION BUT
   AM IN TEXAS—ANY ATTY. TAKING VIOXX SUITS IN TEXAS OR ELSEWHERE ON BEHALF OF TEXAS CITIZEN. HAD I BEEN TOLD OF HARMS YEAR EARLIER, I WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN PART
   OF SETTLEMENT. HELP?–ANYONE?

   THANKS—MARTY–MARTIN L HANSEN–MARTYHANSEN@AUSTIN.RR.COM
   (512)308-5659–OR ELDEST SON, MARK HANSEN AT (512) 699-9874
   AS AT TIMES, STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY SPEAKING/UNDERSTANDING.

3. Gary S. on February 28th, 2009 12:39 pm

   I’m curious to know how long these Vioxx cases can go on. Didn’t Merck pull the drug voluntarily several years ago? What’s the statute of limitations?

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