And here's
another sign of good judicial sense.
The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was "grossly excessive," and a new trial must be held to decide damages for a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
"No reasonable jury could have found" that Gerald Barnett was entitled to $50 million in compensatory damages from Vioxx maker Merck & Co. because of the heart attack he suffered in 2002, U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon ruled.
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