In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, District Court, E.D. Louisiana, 2007

Court: District Court, E.D. Louisiana Date: 2007-06-05 Docket number: MDL 1657 Opinion type: combined Author: Fallon Judges: Eldon E. Fallon Precedential status: Published

ORDER & REASONS

ELDON E. FALLON, District Judge.

Following a $51 million jury verdict for the Plaintiff in this bellwether case, $50 million of which was awarded as compensatory damages, the Court ordered a new trial on the issue of damages. See In re Vioxx Prods. Liab. Litig., 448 F.Supp.2d 737 (E.D.La. Aug.30, 2006). Before the