On 12 October 2011 the Full Court of the Federal Court of Appeal upheld an Appeal by the manufacturer of the drug Vioxx against an earlier decision which awarded damages to a man who claimed his heart attack was caused by the drug. In upholding the Appeal the Full Court gave a clear exposition on the law of causation in Australia.
Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd v Peterson [2011] FCAFC 128
