24 Quotes by Mark Lanier

Merck is still going to try and fight the next several cases and try to pull the next couple of wins out of a hat, so that Merck can say this was a bizarre coincidence,

We've had an incredibly attentive jury. They're sharp, they understand the case and that bodes well for us.

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.

This case is about folks trying to make money off of people in a desperate situation. That's not right. You come to people's rescue when they are in a desperate situation. You don't target them as something you can make money off of.

There was no evidence he had a sample box.

This lawyer didn't make marketing and Merck's deceptions on science the center of the case, ... And that was a mistake because that's the most compelling part.

It's gonna be 4:30 on a Friday. That gives the wet cement of what they've listened to time to dry.

It will at least preclude lawyers like me from saying they've resolved to never settle any,

I'm going to get more damages in the Guerra case than they did in the Ernst case. I want Merck to see that Ernst was a conservative verdict. I'm going to spank them hard.