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Humeston contends Vioxx caused his heart attack and that Merck knew of the drug 's risks but did n't warn doctors or patients in time . Neither her report nor Ernst 's death certificate identify a heart attack as the cause of his death.Merck attorney Joseph Piorkowski asked Araneta whether she was changing her conclusion in the autopsy report . I do sometimes lecture for 5-15 minute stretches , but the bulk of our time will be spent in real discussion , and the topics of our discussion will be determined as much by your intellectual interests as by my own . After all , not everyone could be admitted to a fashionable drawing-room ; but anyone who could afford the higher-priced ticket and had the right clothing could sit in the stalls or the dress circle . " U.S. Food and Drug Administration drug safety expert David Graham told the Senate Finance Committee last November that research indicates Vioxx caused up to 160,000 heart attacks and strokes.Pharmaceuticals analyst Al Rauch at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. said the shift in Merck 's position on settlements appears to be a goodwill gesture after the jury in Angleton , Texas , last Friday awarded $ 253.4 million in damages - - likely to be reduced to $ 26 million under Texas caps on punitive damages - - to the widow of Bob Ernst . TRENTON ( AP ) Lawyers for plaintiffs in the massive litigation over withdrawn painkiller Vioxx are banding together a legal " dream team " that plans to push all their future lawsuits into state courts , considered less friendly to defendant Merck & Co.Houston lawyer Mark Lanier and New York attorney Perry Weitz have put together a legal team of at least 10 law firms and 350 lawyers around the country , Lanier told The Associated Press in an interview Monday.In addition to pushing the lawsuits to state courts , the effort is aimed at forcing Merck to start " trying to resolve cases fairly " with settlements instead of fighting each in court , Lanier said . Either you supplied the wrong credentials ( e.g ., bad password ) , or your browser does n't understand how to supply the credentials required . This posting can take a number of forms - - it can consist of a series of questions about the reading for that week , or it can consist of an effort to sketch out an idea or even a short reading of an assigned text or texts , or it can consist of some combination of the two . But soon Merck began to get reports that people taking Vioxx were suffering heart attacks and strokes . Araneta also conceded that sudden cardiac death with clogged arteries can occur without a heart attack.The legal team for Vioxx maker Merck & Co. has relied heavily on Araneta 's autopsy report , which attributed Ernst 's death to arrhythmia secondary to blocked arteries.The company pulled the popular painkiller from the market last year when a study showed it doubled risk of heart attack or stroke , but Merck contends no studies link Vioxx to arrhythmia and therefore the drug could n't have caused Ernst 's death . The telegram will be undelivered , nor will the whistling messenger ( wislier guided than he knows to whistle ) be conscious as he walks away of the drawn blind that is pushed aside an inch by a finger and then fearfully replaced again . He had never been wilier nor more alert . They came as stakeholders who are often detained or derailed by their differences , but met to hack out a fresh view of the future . ATLANTIC CITY , N.J. ( AP ) Hammering away at a handful of key themes , a lawyer for Merck & Co. urged jurors Monday to absolve the Vioxx manufacturer of liability for a heart attack suffered by an Idaho postal worker , saying the company thoroughly tested the drug and that federal regulators concluded it was n't a risk with short-term use.In closing arguments in the product liability case , Merck attorney Diane Sullivan said Frederick " Mike " Humeston was n't taking the painkiller long enough to have been at risk and that the Whitehouse Station , N.J. - based drug company cannot be held accountable for his heart attack . ANGLETON , Texas ( AP ) Merck & Co. ' s top epidemiologist testified Thursday that an emergency room doctor was too quick to blame a heart attack for the sudden death of a Texas man at the center of the nation 's first Vioxx-related lawsuit to go to trial.Nancy Santanello , head of Merck 's epidemiology department and the company 's representative at the trial , said the doctor made a " presumptive diagnosis " when Robert Ernst died in his sleep in 2001 and was rushed to a hospital . She also said Ernst died too suddenly for his heart to show damage , and a clot was likely dislodged during vigorous CPR.Araneta did n't say whether she thought Vioxx caused the clot or heart attack , noting that she knew little of the drug in 2001.Merck pulled Vioxx from the market in September when a study showed the once-popular painkiller doubled risk of heart attack or stroke if taken for 18 months or longer . " 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 . The key , of course , lay in his half-written novel - - or rather , in both Romillys , the I old and the proposed new one . Whenever possible , include links to articles or sites that pertain to your post . She did n't note either in her report because , she said , vigorous CPR likely dislodged the clot and he died of an irregular heartbeat too fast for his heart to show damage . Nor , though he could not form the faintest guess of the shape it might take , did he experience fear . He had not been able to be either challenged or brow beaten into anything more definite than a muttered farrago in which the words " Certain things . Nor could he believe that his hearing was not playing tricks with him , for there were two policemen in his room , bending over him and asking where " she " was . That 's not all , either .