Judge calls for new trial in Vioxx case
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060831/ap_on_bi_ge/vioxx_federal_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060830/capt.2ee57690fc5f46be9cae655cbbc24cc3.vioxx_federal_trial_nybz104.jpg?x=130&y=115&sig=hsPh7ocz9Ou3xui15i5.7A--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Vioxx is arranged on a counting tray, laying on top of the botttle, at The Pennington Apothecary in a Pennington, N.J. file photo from Sept. 30, 2004. The $50 million damage award in the federal Vioxx case this month was excessive, and a new trial must be held on damages for a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a federal judge ruled Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge here has taken some of the sting out of a recent legal defeat that Merck & Co. suffered over its withdrawn painkiller, Vioxx.</p><br clear="all"/>