The plaintiff's case, headed by the widow of Robert Ernst, who died in 2001 of an irregular heartbeat and of clogged arteries while on the drug Vioxx, was successfully awarded $253.4 million dollars.
２００１年に薬のVioxxを服用していて不整脈と動脈の詰まりで死んだロバート・エルンストの未亡人が先頭に立つ原告の訴訟は、うまくいって２億５３４０万ドルの賠償が認められた。