Thomas Cona
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Thomas Cona Cona
Judge Higbee is overseeing about 4,500 suits filed in New Jersey state courts against Merck, which is based in Whitehouse Station, N.J. The plaintiffs, John McDarby, 77, and Thomas Cona, 60, say that they suffered heart attacks as a result of taking Vioxx. Records indicate Mr. Cona did not receive prescriptions for that full period, but he says he was given samples by doctors for the time not covered by prescriptions. Ms. Jones also argued that Mr. Cona had not proved that he took Vioxx and that his heart attack had been so mild that he had not suffered any permanent damage from it.