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Maurice Black are directing the program during the 2002-03 school year , assisted by Jessica Rosenfeld and Dillon Brown , two graduate students from Penn 's English department . He could n't understand the extraordinary mess of dead flowers there seemed to be everywhere ; he could n't understand why there should be police officers in his room ; he could n't understand why one of these should be sent for a four-wheeler and a stretcher ; and he could n't understand what heavy article they seemed to be moving about in the kitchen - - his kitchen . Gaziano , an expert in cardiology and epidemiology hired by Merck , contradicted statements of experts who testified on Humeston 's behalf that Vioxx caused his heart attack.He also contradicted the findings of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , which last April concluded that Cox-2 inhibitors are associated with increased risk of heart attack , stroke and death with long-term use.Merck blames the heart attack on Humeston , saying elevated blood pressure , excess weight and on-the-job stress triggered the attack , which he survived.His case is one of more than 7,000 suits filed against Merck over Vioxx , and plaintiff lawyers say thousands more suits will be filed in the future.In the first Vioxx trial , a Texas jury in August found Merck liable in a Vioxx user 's death , awarding his widow $ 253 million . Attorneys and New Jersey court personnel say many were filed because plaintiffs in a handful of states faced a deadline of one year from when Merck pulled the blockbuster painkiller from the market — Sept. 30 , 2004 — after research showed it doubled risk of heart attacks and strokes with long-term use.Some new cases were triggered by the huge Texas verdict , which will be slashed under that state 's caps on punitive damages , and other by lawyers hurrying up to file suits so they can get in line for an eventual jury trial or settlement , lawyers say . And what would it mean - - for your understanding of family , your understanding of story , and your understanding of history - - if you found that your foundational family stories were not quite true ?