Lawsuits & Judgments

The Houston law firm of Laminack, Pirtle & Martines filed a lawsuit on August 23, 2007 on behalf of seven Texans over damage caused my the Merck drug, Fosamax.

The plaintiffs allege that Fosemax, which is supposed to stop bone loss resulting from Osteoporosis instead caused permanent decay. Specifically, the patients claim to have developed osteonecrosis of the jaw . The ailment is described in the South Texas Record as “Better known as ‘jaw death,’ osteonecrosis of the jaw is a disfiguring and disabling condition in which the bones of the jaw “die” from infection” The condition is both painful and disfiguring.

The lawsuit alleges that Merck not only knew of the dangers that the drug, didn’t disclose it and that they so far as to bribe physicians to prescribe it.

The plaintiffs are seeking damages plus punitive damages