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Six jurors and four alternates were selected on Tuesday , including seven women and three men , said Chris Morgan , law clerk for Judge Carol Higbee . " The verdict capped a trial centering on Frederick " Mike " Humeston , 60 , of Boise , Idaho , who was stricken two months after he began taking the drug to ease pain from a Vietnam war knee injury.Merck 's lawyers appeared to be fighting a losing battle , repeatedly clashing with Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee , who denied key motion requests by them and threw out the testimony of Merck 's first witness on procedural grounds.On five different occasions , Merck asked her to declare a mistrial . At every point , we will examine how writers ' representations of London both build on prior representations and influence subsequent ones , studying , in effect , the evolutions - - and , perhaps , devolutions - - of London 's literary character over time . Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee denied Merck 's motion , saying the company 's defense team had ample opportunity to take a deposition from Lucchesi or challenge his credentials prior to the start of the trial and had not done so.Humeston 's lead attorney , Chris Seeger , then called Lucchesi to the stand and questioned him at length about his expertise in cardiology and pharmacology , the study of drugs and their effects . " They did n't say she did , either , " said Horn.The back-and-forth was one of several testy , rapid-fire exchanges in morning testimony , which at one point prompted the court stenographer to ask Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee to stop Tyberg and Horn from talking at the same time.Humeston , 60 , of Boise , Idaho , is one of about 6,500 former Vioxx users suing Merck over the drug , which it pulled off the market in September 2004 after long-term use was linked to increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.Horn also questioned Tyberg about his claim that stress from an ongoing probe of Humeston by U.S. Postal Service investigators helped trigger the heart attack . In the 1890s , there were over fifty theatres in greater London , most of the them in the West End , a half dozen alone along Shaftesbury Avenue , which had been completed in 1886 as part of an urban renewal plan off of Picadilly Circus . And this was true not only at the St. James 's Theatre but throughout " Theatreland , " the entertainment district in the West End of metropolitan London . Some are personal injury lawyers who represent people suing Merck over its painkiller Vioxx , which the company pulled off shelves last year . Variety entertainment of all sorts could be seen in the Music Halls , either in smoke-filled taverns in working class neighborhoods , in chic cosmopolitan halls tucked away in the West End , or in glittering theatres like the Empire on Leicester Square , which offered picturesque ballet-extravaganzas . Here 's a photo from our inaugural excursion , a guided walking tour of London 's West End . Lucchesi discussed his medical training , ongoing work and funding for his research from the National Institutes of Health.He was expected to testify later Friday about the circumstances of Humeston 's heart attack.Merck , based in Whitehouse Station , withdrew Vioxx from the market last September after its own research showed the popular arthritis drug doubled risk of heart attack and stroke after 18 months ' use . For four weeks , he has been a daily presence in Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee 's courtroom , absorbing what he can .