Mark Lanier Jury Quotations

I felt like we had truth and the jury was paying attention. They had a very tough case to defend. The documents are very difficult for Merck.

I think first you have to educate the jury about the drug, what Merck knew, when Merck knew it, what Merck did with its knowledge,

What a jury is going to get is A, Merck fudged on the details. B, the fudge was in their favor. C, it was on purpose. D, Merck lied about fudging, or at least covered it up. And E, the most prestigious medical journal in the United States of America has called their hand on it and said this is unethical and wrong.

The jury saw the truth in black and white.

We want to pick a jury that will pay attention to the evidence and hold Merck to the truth. This case is really about whether drug companies have to tell the truth to the public, and Merck failed to do that.