CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2005--On September 26, 2005, the law firm of KENNETH B. MOLL & ASSOCIATES, LTD. filed the first class action lawsuit on behalf of all citizens of South Africa who died or were seriously injured by the pain medication Vioxx. The suit accuses United States pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. of failing to properly research the known risks of Vioxx and warn South African consumers of potentially fatal side effects. “Vioxx should never have been marketed in the first place,” said Kenneth B. Moll, whose firm filed the first worldwide class action regarding Vioxx last fall.
