Weeks v. Merck & Co.

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiff-Appellant Gene Weeks (“Weeks”) appeals the district court’s order denying his motion to vacate his enrollment in the Master Settlement Agreement, and entry of judgment dismissing Weeks’s claims against Defendant-Appel-lee Merck and Company Incorporated (“Merck”). We affirm.

Weeks argues that he should be released from the Master Settlement Agreement because his attorney at the time coerced him into enrolling in the agreement. He contends that Merck interfered with his attorney’s professional judgment by imposing an obligation on all counsel representing plaintiffs that…