Update on vioxx payments

The Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based drug maker earlier had said it would not commit itself to the settlement until at least 85 percent of eligible patients elected to participate. To be eligible for the proposed settlement, patients or their survivors had to have filed a Vioxx product liability lawsuit in the United States for alleged heart attacks, stroke or death or have signaled officially their intent to do so.

Merck said on Thursday that more than 48, of the approximately 50, people who had registered eligible injuries had enrolled in the program. Therefore, Merck said that on Aug. Plunkett's family had gone through a mistrial, then lost to Merck at a retrial and won the right to a third trial before being allowed to join in the settlement.

She does not know how much she will receive. Payments will be decided by a complicated formula that factors in how serious a claimant's injury was, how much Vioxx was taken and how many other risk factors the person had.

Roughly more plaintiffs are considering participating, so Merck has extended the deadline for them to enroll until Oct. About more have not been located by their attorneys.

District Judge Eldon Fallon. Greer said Merck waived its right to walk away from the settlement on Aug. His firm now is painstakingly reviewing millions of pages of documents submitted by claimants, electronically or on paper, for accuracy and to make sure that no documents, particularly those releasing Merck from any future legal liability, are missing or incomplete.

Lynn Greer, also of BrownGreer, said 44, claimants have submitted at least some of the required materials and those missing items are being notified. She said 3, claimants have reached the stage where administrators are determining how many points they get toward a settlement amount -- decided by a complicated formula that factors in how serious a claimant's injury was, how much Vioxx was taken and how many health risk factors the person had. Top Class Actions Legal Statement. Please note: Top Class Actions is not a settlement administrator or law firm.

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You must contact the settlement administrator or your attorney for any updates regarding your claim status, claim form or questions about when payments are expected to be mailed out. I never received any further notice and never got a penny of the settlement. I was given Vioxx that had a negative affect and due to complication spent a Night and half a day , in ICU. Four of us have not received our checks.

Valerie, Velvet, Danielle and Michael. Please let me know, we did received e-mails back last year and I have copies of the forms. I hope to hear from you. I am getting the run around…:.

I was told to email back today so I did this morning no reply. They are doing extra processing on my check, they have already told me the dollar amount…. I got an email today from the Admonistrator. It said my check has not been mailed yet because it is over a certain dollar amount and requires more processing…. Oh well, I waited over 30 years to see if we could reunite, but its not meant to be.

Let us know! I got an email today from questions vioxxsettlement. When Will I Be Paid? In accordance with Section 2. The Claim Filing Deadline is May 6th, We do not anticipate issuing any payments until after July All rights reserved. A friend from Illinois has received her check on December 23, My husband had a stroke in due to taking vioxx.

He had somewhat learn to do some things. I did get involved in the class action law suit and I think he got about 70, My husband has never been the same since this happened to him.