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Merck Litigation Strategy - Destroy Expert Witnesses

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Ms Crenshaw says, "the grueling questions help liken American courts to the playgrounds of bullies."

"Some prescription drug manufacturers," she says, "clearly bully scientists who challenge their products and ethics."

"To survive the ordeal emotionally and with credibility intact," Ms Crenshaw advises, "witnesses for alleged victims need to become smooth, courtroom actors as well as experts in their fields."

"If the process is not appropriately bridled by judges," she notes, "the "search for truth" will have much less to do with American jurisprudence than the "quest to win".

Merck's SEC filings on April 27, 2006, list the following upcoming Vioxx trial dates:

Doherty New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County June 5, 2006

CA Coordinated California Superior Court, Los Angeles County June 21, 2006

Barnett Eastern District of Louisiana (MDL) July 24, 2006

Kozic Florida Circuit Court, Hillsborough County July 31 - August 25, 2006

Anderson Tribal Court of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians August 7, 2006

Hatch / McFarland New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County September 11, 2006

Smith Eastern District of Louisiana (MDL) September 11, 2006

Crook Alabama Circuit Court, Jefferson County, October 26, 2006

Mason Eastern District of Louisiana (MDL) October 30, 2006

Miller or Rigby Texas District Court, Harris County, November 8, 2006

Dedrick Eastern District of Louisiana, (MDL) November 27, 2006

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