Quotes by Chuck Harrell

“We believe they are two separate cases with two separate sets of facts. They are different individuals with different doctors and different medical histories. But we understand that the judge was inclined to consolidate the cases and were ready to move forward.”

“Its like a clock in a basketball game: you start out with the number of minutes in the game and you count down.”

“The only question was whether the juror had been influenced, biased or prejudiced by a reference to her father. You want to make sure anytime theres a personal reference to a juror that theyre not influenced in any way.”

“Every evening after court, we have a trial team meeting in that conference room. We discuss the events of the day, what we need to do in planning for the following days and even a day or two beyond that.”

“There really is no way to extrapolate [the verdict to other trials]. We defend these cases one at a time, and thats what were going to continue to do.”

“This split ruling at least suggests that we need to look at these cases on an individual basis, as we have done in the past.”

“Merck would never do that.”

“Even in long-term use cases, the plaintiffs are going to have to show that it was this drug and not their pre-existing risk factors and medical conditions that caused their heart attacks. Thats just going to be a steep hill for these plaintiffs to climb.”

“We think the jury was not allowed to see and hear all the evidence.”

“Were in this for the long haul. Each case is different.”