August 23, 2005
What A Travesty
I guess I'm not the only one who thinks the Vioxx case in Texas shows some flaws in our system of jurisprudence. J Bowen notes the unfairness of the spoils going to the first victor; Jane Glat notes that juries aren't the best way to decide every legal case -- and she doesn't even throw in that lawyers race to the bottom on juries these days, using voir dire to pick the dumbest jury they can. It really was a terrible verdict and I don't see how companies can stay in business in the long run when juries are willing to hand out such enormous verdicts on such shaky evidence.
