Teen’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) (AP) _ The family of a teenager killed by officers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Brownsville Police and border authorities. Brownsville police and U-S Customs and Border Protection Agents [News Source]

Senate panel votes to overturn several citizen initiatives (The Daily Comet) A Senate committee wants to give voters a chance to change their minds about some citizen initiatives they have put in the Florida Constitution including amendments dealing with pregnant pigs and medical malpractice. [News Source]

Plaintiff’s Motion Denied in Vioxx Trial (AP via Yahoo! News) A state judge on Wednesday refused a plaintiff's motion to lift a Texas cap on jury awards for punitive damages in a lawsuit over Merck & Co.'s once-popular painkiller Vioxx. [News Source]

Judge’s ruling limits damages in Texas Vioxx case (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Texas judge sided with Merck & Co. Inc. on Wednesday and denied a motion that could have opened the door to a larger damage award in a lawsuit charging that painkiller Vioxx caused the death of a 71-year-old man. [News Source]

Family Sues Foundation Park for Wrongful Death (WTOL News 11) TOLEDO -- A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday afternoon against a Toledo nursing home where an Alzheimer's patient was beaten to death. The suit says the victim's family deserves at least $25,000. Lawyers say Foundation Park nursing home is partly to blame for the death of a 77-year-old man. [News Source]

Closing Arguments Delayed in Vioxx Trial (AP via Yahoo! News) Closing arguments in a lawsuit in state court over Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx were delayed until Thursday so a juror could attend a grandparent's funeral. [News Source]

Closing Arguments Set in Vioxx Trial (AP via Yahoo! News) A jury in South Texas is to hear closing arguments Wednesday in another of the almost 10,000 lawsuits alleging Merck & Co. was responsible for heart attacks in people taking its painkiller Vioxx. [News Source]

Marsh to help state break malpractice insurance monopoly (Haaretz Daily) The government has selected international insurance brokers Marsh to advise it on a reform aimed at breaking the monopoly in the field of medical malpractice insurance. [News Source]

Personal Injury Firm Splits Along Practice Area Lines (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance) Citing divergent visions, personal injury firm Eisenberg Rothweiler Schleifer Weinstein & Winkler has split into two different firms, one focused on complex litigation, and the other on workers' compensation and general negligence cases. [News Source]

Closing Arguments Set in Vioxx Trial (AP via Yahoo! News) A jury in South Texas is to hear closing arguments Wednesday in another of the almost 10,000 lawsuits alleging Merck & Co. was responsible for heart attacks in people taking its painkiller Vioxx. [News Source]