Merck stock tumbles after loss in Vioxx case - Apr. 6, 2006

Merck stock tumbles after loss in Vioxx case - Apr. 6, 2006: "Merck stock tumbled Thursday, a day after the nation's No. 2 drugmaker was found liable for the heart attack of a New Jersey man who took Vioxx and a jury awarded $4.5 million in damages.

Merck stock sank about 4 percent in morning New York Stock Exchange trading.

A jury in Atlantic City, N.J., late Wednesday awarded John McDarby and his wife $4.5 million in compensatory damages in their suit against Merck. " [CNN}