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Article: Statement Regarding Dismissal of Personal Injury Class-Action Lawsuit.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 22, 2006
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WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- A federal judge in New Orleans today issued an order denying a request by VIOXX[R] users to certify a personal injury class-action lawsuit. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon, means that VIOXX users who claim they were injured by the medicine must sue only on their own behalf and cannot purport to represent other alleged users. There are no longer any personal injury class-action suits pending in the United States in either federal court or state court.
"We are pleased by today's order because it reaffirms our view that every case is different and should be tried individually," said Ted Mayer of Hughes, Hubbard & ...