Vioxx Product Liability Litigation

With Johnson & Perkinson as a member of the Purchase Claims Committee, Plaintiffs are litigating economic claims on behalf of purchasers of the Merck, Inc. pharmaceutical Vioxx in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The Purchase Claims Master Class Action Complaint (the "Complaint") alleges that Defendants caused economic damages to third party payors and end users of Vioxx who purchased or paid for the prescription drug Vioxx® as a result of Defendants misrepresentations of the safety profile of the drug. Johnson & Perkinson originally filed a Complaint on behalf of Vioxx® purchasers in Vermont.