Merck to fund Vioxx settlement in August

[Jerimiah]

raleigh pa wrote:

my mother died 4 years ago from vioxx, just found out we will only get 4 points, this is murder they are jerks.

Raleigh, as DIck said, APPEAL! At the 4 points, you will only get the base line. THey cant cut you any lower. THey first told me I only had 2 or 3 points. I appealed, sent in my reasons, and I got my points up to just over 100. A 98 point icrease. It was well worth the extra 2 weeks or so for the appeal to be looked at.

Best of luck to you and keep up the good fight!

[jman]

Jerimiah wrote:

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Raleigh, as DIck said, APPEAL! At the 4 points, you will only get the base line. THey cant cut you any lower. THey first told me I only had 2 or 3 points. I appealed, sent in my reasons, and I got my points up to just over 100. A 98 point icrease. It was well worth the extra 2 weeks or so for the appeal to be looked at.
Best of luck to you and keep up the good fight!

i would fight it i dont see where you have anything to loose good luck

[Nani]

Does anyone have Sanford Wittels & Heissler from NJ?

[jman]

Nani wrote:

Does anyone have Sanford Wittels & Heissler from NJ?

are you still having trouble good luck

[STRESSED IN ALASKA]

wwl wrote:

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Jack....my breakdown was $167 for office expense,$1,605 for expert witness cost....seems right...I know my law firm hired a reputable cardiac doctor to review each case, and I don't think my firm had a large amount of clients...

PLEASE Someone HELPPPPPP ME
My lawyer is trying to charge me 10,000.00 on top of his 32% for expenses,saying after
everyone got paid I MAY get a refund. He is was trying to obtain the 40% the Judge said he could not have, and thinks he found a way around it by labeling it SHARED COSTS. Will someone please PLEASE give me the number to the Judge and tell me what to do. I am so shocked when I read that you said 1700. was to much I almost fell thru the floor. I have not signed my statement yet and I have waited 8 years so a little longer will not hurt to make sure this CROOK of a lawyer does not get what is RIGHTFULLY MINE. HELP.....
(Excuse the typing I am so MAD)

[Woody]

STRESSED IN ALASKA wrote:

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PLEASE Someone HELPPPPPP ME
My lawyer is trying to charge me 10,000.00 on top of his 32% for expenses,saying after
everyone got paid I MAY get a refund. He is was trying to obtain the 40% the Judge said he could not have, and thinks he found a way around it by labeling it SHARED COSTS. Will someone please PLEASE give me the number to the Judge and tell me what to do. I am so shocked when I read that you said 1700. was to much I almost fell thru the floor. I have not signed my statement yet and I have waited 8 years so a little longer will not hurt to make sure this CROOK of a lawyer does not get what is RIGHTFULLY MINE. HELP.....
(Excuse the typing I am so MAD)

Hey Alaska,

Feel your pain. My attorney charged me around $200 for personal case costs. Expenses for the entire vioxx clients represented by them totaled $18,000 divided by total vioxx claimants(225)=$80.00 for my pro rata share. Sounds like you're getting ripped off. Appeal this crook's actions to Fallon.

[jman]

STRESSED IN ALASKA wrote:

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PLEASE Someone HELPPPPPP ME
My lawyer is trying to charge me 10,000.00 on top of his 32% for expenses,saying after
everyone got paid I MAY get a refund. He is was trying to obtain the 40% the Judge said he could not have, and thinks he found a way around it by labeling it SHARED COSTS. Will someone please PLEASE give me the number to the Judge and tell me what to do. I am so shocked when I read that you said 1700. was to much I almost fell thru the floor. I have not signed my statement yet and I have waited 8 years so a little longer will not hurt to make sure this CROOK of a lawyer does not get what is RIGHTFULLY MINE. HELP.....
(Excuse the typing I am so MAD)

go to the judges website the number is in the top hand corner and call him he will help with this they can not charge you that much give me your atty phone number i will call and jump there ass for you bunch of crooks

[almost over]

Woody wrote:

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Hey Alaska,
Feel your pain. My attorney charged me around $200 for personal case costs. Expenses for the entire vioxx clients represented by them totaled $18,000 divided by total vioxx claimants(225)=$80.00 for my pro rata share. Sounds like you're getting ripped off. Appeal this crook's actions to Fallon.

They did the same thing to me. It amounted to 3% off the top of my settlement. They told me it covers the expenses the common benefit didn't cover.

[concerned]

You can also call jenn at Brown Greer and get answers. I would think the shared costs would come to them thru the 8% fee fund being collected by BG from the lawyers 32%(lawyers got 24% and MDL shared costs were 8%= 32%)
You have to ask your lawyers for the explanation and Brown greer!

[almost over]

concerned wrote:

You can also call jenn at Brown Greer and get answers. I would think the shared costs would come to them thru the 8% fee fund being collected by BG from the lawyers 32%(lawyers got 24% and MDL shared costs were 8%= 32%)
You have to ask your lawyers for the explanation and Brown greer!

I was told it is for the amount of expenses the common benefit didn't cover. Each plaintiff had to share this cost.

[concerned]

I would Call Judge Fallon's office on that answer!!! they may refer you to Russ Hermans office in New Orleans LA and they will help you.

[Nani]

jman wrote:

<quoted text>are you still having trouble good luck

Yes, Jman, I am still being told that as soon as they know anything they will contact me. I have asked all the questions...Did I pass gates? Do I have points? Did I have an appeal?? I know nothing...00000....I'm scared. I did all the calling and e-mailing to B&G and my attorney. I wish I lived in NJ....I would go and camp out there like you did. That was a great move JMAN!!! Love It!!

[wwl]

STRESSED IN ALASKA wrote:

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PLEASE Someone HELPPPPPP ME
My lawyer is trying to charge me 10,000.00 on top of his 32% for expenses,saying after
everyone got paid I MAY get a refund. He is was trying to obtain the 40% the Judge said he could not have, and thinks he found a way around it by labeling it SHARED COSTS. Will someone please PLEASE give me the number to the Judge and tell me what to do. I am so shocked when I read that you said 1700. was to much I almost fell thru the floor. I have not signed my statement yet and I have waited 8 years so a little longer will not hurt to make sure this CROOK of a lawyer does not get what is RIGHTFULLY MINE. HELP.....
(Excuse the typing I am so MAD)

Stressed: I am so sorry you're having to deal with such a blood sucker....First, call his office and ask for a breakdown of the shared costs, that you want to get exactly what is being paid for what and to whom....Next, call the State Bar Association in the state your attorney resides.....I would also follow up to your attorney with a written (typed) request for the breakdown of those expenses. Good luck, and it doesn't hurt to let this attorney know that you will be calling Judge Fallon and the State Bar...

[Dick In Ohio]

almost over wrote:

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I was told it is for the amount of expenses the common benefit didn't cover. Each plaintiff had to share this cost.

I swear I am not a stupid person but I am having a hard time understanding what other expense any of these attorneys could have other than for Fedex ,ups,postal fee,copying fees ,ect.Thats it,as for expert witnesses,cardiologist,ect,the re weren't any as none of us went to court.it was an agreement prior to any court hearings.The common benefit fees we all paid were to be shared by those attorneys that actually did anything other than push papers whick the bulk of ours only did,push papers.There is no way any one of us should get thousands of dollars deducted for such b/s.Copy your recaps where they want that much and fax them to judge Fallon .Stand up to these crooks!

[almost over]

concerned wrote:

I would Call Judge Fallon's office on that answer!!! they may refer you to Russ Hermans office in New Orleans LA and they will help you.

I called his office and left a message so someone can call me back. This expense includes paying for cases that were taken to court.
As far as I can remember most of the court cases were lost. I thought if a case was lost there would be no fees or expenses that would have to be paid. At least that is what my contract read.

[BARBIE]

congratulations DICK IN OHIO - still waiting to hear if the appeal went in our favor-our lawyer send it back to B/G sept 26- so my sister and I wait. Great news that its finally over for alot of people.

[steve]

Any idea on how they are reso;ving the med leins. I suppose it will be covered in the next meeting in dec?

[wwl]

Dick In Ohio wrote:

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I swear I am not a stupid person but I am having a hard time understanding what other expense any of these attorneys could have other than for Fedex ,ups,postal fee,copying fees ,ect.Thats it,as for expert witnesses,cardiologist,ect,the re weren't any as none of us went to court.it was an agreement prior to any court hearings.The common benefit fees we all paid were to be shared by those attorneys that actually did anything other than push papers whick the bulk of ours only did,push papers.There is no way any one of us should get thousands of dollars deducted for such b/s.Copy your recaps where they want that much and fax them to judge Fallon .Stand up to these crooks!

Dick, you're absolutely right! I should have clarified the "expert witness" charges...in the very beginning, before all the paperwork went to B & G, my firm had an expert cardioligist review every case to look for discrepancies in any medical records....I assumed that is what the charge was for...I don't think my firm had an abundance of cases, so that fee would have been split...I ended up with 66% of my total award

[jman]

Nani wrote:

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Yes, Jman, I am still being told that as soon as they know anything they will contact me. I have asked all the questions...Did I pass gates? Do I have points? Did I have an appeal?? I know nothing...00000....I'm scared. I did all the calling and e-mailing to B&G and my attorney. I wish I lived in NJ....I would go and camp out there like you did. That was a great move JMAN!!! Love It!!

thank you i know how you feel just stay on them take care

[willyp46]

JERIMIH ....... what troubles did you receive from your MI ? I had a IS and passed gates in Feb but still haven't heard about points. They really try to low ball you. I was made disable due to my stroke.