Texas jury awards $32 million in Vioxx case (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Texas jury on Friday found that the painkiller Vioxx caused the death of a 71-year-old man who had taken the drug for less than a month, and awarded his family damages of $32 million, which will be greatly reduced by state law. [News Source]

L.A. To Pay Rapper’s Family $1.1M (CBS News) The City of Los Angeles will pay the legal fees because of police errors during a wrongful death case. A police detective withheld documents that were pertinent to claims made by the rapper's family. A retrial is expected. [News Source]

No verdict in Texas Vioxx case; jury back Friday (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Texas jury failed to reach a verdict on Thursday on whether the painkiller Vioxx caused the death of a 71-year-old man and was to return on Friday to deliberate again in the latest lawsuit charging that Merck & Co. Inc. hid the dangers of the now-withdrawn medicine. [News Source]

Wrongful death suit filed over shootout (Peoria Journal Star) PEORIA - The estate of a Fulton County man gunned down by a police last year during a drug raid is suing in federal court, saying the officers acted improperly. [News Source]

Bibb jury awards $1.1M in wrongful death case (Macon Telegraph) A Bibb County jury awarded more than $1.1 million Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit that alleged a Macon nursing home provided poor care to a stroke victim and caused his death. [News Source]

Bibb jury awards $1.1M in wrongful death case (Macon Telegraph) A Bibb County jury awarded more than $1.1 million Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit that alleged a Macon nursing home provided poor care to a stroke victim and caused his death. [News Source]

Bibb jury awards $1.1M in wrongful death case (Macon Telegraph) A Bibb County jury awarded more than $1.1 million Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit that alleged a Macon nursing home provided poor care to a stroke victim and caused his death. [News Source]

Bibb jury awards $1.1M in wrongful death case (Macon Telegraph) A Bibb County jury awarded more than $1.1 million Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit that alleged a Macon nursing home provided poor care to a stroke victim and caused his death. [News Source]

Bibb jury awards $1.1M in wrongful death case (Macon Telegraph) A Bibb County jury awarded more than $1.1 million Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit that alleged a Macon nursing home provided poor care to a stroke victim and caused his death. [News Source]

Jury to Continue Vioxx Case Deliberations (AP via Yahoo! News) Jurors deciding whether the once-popular painkiller Vioxx caused a 71-year-old Texas man's fatal heart attack were to deliberate a second day on Friday. [News Source]