[The jury awarded plaintiff Carol Ernst $243 million, though Texas law prevents her from collecting damages that high.] When the dust settles there will be $26.3 million at 10 percent interest annually, ... I'm not sure Ms. Ernst will see any of that for the next five years. |
Chris has been involved in this litigation from the very beginning. He knows it extremely well. |
From Merck's victories, I've leaned that you must tie their lawyers to the truth. They specialize in mudslinging. |
He and the clinic are working together to see how Eric can best save lives and best do his work as a doctor and a scientist. Those conversations are ongoing--and their conversations because Eric loves the Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic loves Eric. He's not looking to get out of there even, he's trying to analyze his different options on what he wants to do in life. |
How long will the bad guys take? |
I cannot entrust my clients to them, ... So I hope the MDL works well. I want to run alongside it and not frustrate it. But I also want to work my clients' cases. I can do that in state court. |
I don't mean to yell at you, I just wanted to make sure Mrs. Ernst can hear you. |
I don't mince words. I speak bluntly, and I'll continue to do that. |
I don't mince words. I speak bluntly, and I'll continue to do that. Remember, this is coming from a company that, in the last (New Jersey) trial, engaged in a shouting match with the judge. I promise I won't do any of that. We just need to be nice and polite - to the court, to the jury, to each other. |
I felt like we had truth and the jury was paying attention. They had a very tough case to defend. The documents are very difficult for Merck. |
I like casino workers, because they know there's a place for gambling. It's in the casino, not in the drug market. |
I plan on using it to show she's been less than honest with other juries. |
I think first you have to educate the jury about the drug, what Merck knew, when Merck knew it, what Merck did with its knowledge, |
I think first you have to educate the jury about the drug, what Merck knew, when Merck knew it, what Merck did with its knowledge. |
I'm going to get more damages in the Guerra case than they did in the Ernst case, ... I want Merck to see that Ernst was a conservative verdict. I'm going to spank them hard. |