Various articles in the news today discuss the opinions of two alternate jurors were who dismissed (but not replaced) this week. One juror was leaning to the Plaintiff's side, one was a bit more uncertain. Depending on your practice area, some latched on to either view.
Who can tell? What is interesting is that in the more than 700 news articles online about the trial, only one so far that I have found mentions the damages amount sought by Mr. Lanier. It's $40 million, by the way. This was found on a U.K. news site.
Next week there will be a full report from the Vioxx MDL hearing in New Orleans. Interestingly, Judge Fallon as presiding Judge over the MDL also was in the news this week, hitting Michael Jackson with a $10,000 fine for missing a hearing in his Court. You can read about the Judge here.
