Plaintiffs Lawyer Lanier to Appeal Vioxx Reversal
W. Mark Lanier, the Houston plaintiffs lawyer who won a $234.4 million jury verdict in the nation's first Vioxx trial, isn't mincing words; he calls Thursday's Texas appeals court opinion reversing a $26.1 million judgment in that suit "judicial activism for corporate America." Lanier says he will appeal the Texas ruling, which he contrasted with a New Jersey court's ruling in a Vioxx case, also handed down on Thursday.
