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The case drew national attention from pharmaceutical companies , lawyers , consumers , stock analysts and arbitragers as a signal of what lies ahead for Merck , which has vowed to fight the more than 4,200 state and federal Vioxx-related lawsuits pending across the country . It was monstrous ! Merck has said it plans to fight the product liability suits one by one.The Texas and New Jersey cases have drawn national attention from pharmaceutical companies , lawyers , consumers and stock analysts who are trying to determine what lies ahead for Merck . Monstrous - - monstrous ! And since the whole attempt had failed , it was hardly worth while to consider whether a little might not be saved from the general wreck . " Remember , possibilities are not evidence , " Lowry said later.Lanier began his closing argument by explaining that a civil verdict can be reached if 10 or more jurors agree based on a preponderance of evidence , rather than the more strict requirement in criminal cases of unanimous agreement beyond a reasonable doubt . We will read terrifically popular Irish writers alongside English novelists who packaged Ireland for an English public , mythic tales of national origin and gothic stories of nationalist discontent , famine poetry and writings from the Gaelic Revival , cultural nationalist polemic and early modernist classics . " It is not survival of the fittest , but survival of those most able to cooperate , " said one member of a panel of national experts who analyzed the survey .