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The latest Vioxx lawsuit to get underway involves a grandmother of seven who claims that Vioxx caused her heart attack and led to her subsequent bypass operation. 
 
Elaine Doherty is the first female Vioxx litigant and the first to be heard since new information was disclosed about the timing of Vioxx-related heart risks. 
 
Merck claims the plaintiff had other risk factors for heart disease and that Vioxx did not cause her illness. 
 

Grandmother's Trial Against Vioxx Starts

NBC Sandiego.com - 6/2/2006 12:39 PM

TRENTON, N.J. -- Soon after her heart attack in January 2004, longtime Vioxx user Elaine Doherty, 68, underwent a double heart bypass. The arthritic grandmother of seven still manages to baby-sit her daughter's two school-age children, whose father was killed in the World Trade Center attacks.
 
But Doherty is suing drug maker Merck & Co., alleging its now-withdrawn painkiller caused her heart attack, leaving her with permanent heart muscle damage that makes her short of bre
 
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