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Vioxx maker wins new trial

Merck & Co. won a new trial to reconsider $51 million in damages awarded to an ex-FBI agent who used its painkiller Vioxx after a judge found the jury verdict was "grossly excessive."Jurors in New Orleans awarded Gerald Barnett $50 million in compensatory damages and $1 million on punitive damages on Aug. 17. The verdict ...

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