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He took the drug for eight months before he died.Araneta 's opinion supports plaintiff 's lawyer Mark Lanier 's contention that Ernst suffered a heart attack that killed him too fast to leave evidence of heart damage . He did not know what time it was ; long since he had allowed his clock to run down - - it had seemed a foolish measure of time in regard to the stupendous things that were happening to Oleron ; but he knew it was late . He made short and daring excursions in order to do this but he was ever careful to leave his retreat open , in case he should have sudden need of it . He could not be sure - - had he run to the window of the other wall , which was blinded , the skirt must have been already past - - but he was almost sure that it was Elsie . " He said Arrant was " trying to save his hide " and lessen his sentence by implicating her in a murder she did not know about or want to happen . Within a short walk or a carriage ride , a young man could leave his bachelor apartment in the Albany ( where Jack Worthing resides , under the name " Ernest , " in The Importance of Being Earnest ) , shop , pay an " at-home " call in Mayfair or Belgravia , dine at his club , take in a play at one of a dozen theatres , or see a ballet at the Empire . A police officer was at his elbow again , and Oleron wondered why , when he whispered something to him , he should run off a string of words - - - something about " used in evidence against you . Vioxx was not a factor , Merck contends.The trial before N.J. Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee is expected to last about seven weeks . And the mirror-image relationship between the audience and the play in late-Victorian Society Drama is more notable for what the theatre chose to leave out than what it mirrored . Also , this case is n't considered especially strong because Humeston took the drug for only two months , said Moskowitz , who estimates Merck 's liability over Vioxx could reach $ 50 billion.Moskowitz believes a win could temper the number of cases filed against Merck in the future and spark a small rally in its stock . " I would be surprised if Merck would just cave [ and settle cases ] simply based on having to have lawyers run in a lot of different directions , " said Deborah Barnard , a Boston lawyer specializing in product liability cases.But New York attorney Michael London , who is handling more than 100 Vioxx lawsuits but is not on Lanier 's team , said Lanier 's strategy is a good one because it makes things less predictable for Merck.With nearly all the lawsuits so far filed either in New Jersey or federal court and just two judges overseeing those cases now , London said , Merck can expect consistent rulings and know when its cases will be scheduled for trial.Merck can automatically move to federal court any class action cases , although that 's a tiny minority so far , and any cases filed in state courts outside of New Jersey.If the plaintiff in the state court also names a second defendant , such as a doctor or pharmacy , in that plaintiff 's home state , usually the case cannot be moved to federal court . Would attendees leave with some sort of document ?