A lead group of lawyers will get $315.3 million for doing most of the work on lawsuits against Merck & Co. over its Vioxx painkiller while other attorneys who filed suits will share $1.24 billion, a judge ruled.
Lawyers who worked for the so-called common benefit of the plaintiffs in thousands of lawsuits against Merck -- based in Whitehouse Station -- deserve 6.5 percent of the $4.85 billion settlement, less than the 8 percent they initially sought, said U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in New Orleans.
via nj.com
