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" The spelling error ( he no doubt meant " sodomite " ) and the cautious reference to Wilde 's " pose " notwithstanding , Wilde decided to take legal action and sued Queensbury for libel . " I wish you understood how much you're loved , how proud your father and I are of you , how much we believe you can do or be anything you want , " Lauri Waterman wrote.Waterman plucked several tissues from a box in front of her and dabbed at her eyes . Then he heard a murmur in the square , and the stopping of a four-wheeler outside . " 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 . If you are registered for the course you are automatically added to the listserv . But he gained less information than he had hoped for. 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 . She 's used to bucking it up and being hard and being our backbone . You should be able to read at a rate of at least 30 pages per hour when you are reading fiction ; you should budget more time for secondary readings as critical prose tends to be quite dense . The jurors voted 8-1 that Merck properly warned doctors about risks with Vioxx and voted unanimously on three counts that Merck did not mislead doctors about the drug 's safety.Humeston 's lawyers painted a picture of the two-time Purple Heart winner as a victim of a greedy drug company that put profits before patients , rushing Vioxx to market in an unsuccessful bid to beat rival Celebrex onto drugstore shelves.About 20 million Americans took Vioxx after it hit the market in 1999 , embracing it for its effectiveness in relieving pain while sparing them the upset stomachs , ulcers and other gastric problems associated with some other analgesics.At its peak , Vioxx was a $ 2.5 billion-a-year blockbuster.It worked for Humeston , alleviating pain in his left knee , which sustained shrapnel injuries during his U.S. Marine Corps service in Vietnam . Our readings will range from William Carleton 's early experiments in folklore and J.C. Mangan 's famine poetry to the ghost stories of Sheridan Le Fanu and the Celtic revival writing of William Butler Yeats .