How Long do You Have to File Your Ozempic Lawsuit?

When Is the Deadline for Filing an Ozempic Lawsuit?

Where you live affects your deadline to file an Ozempic lawsuit. Each state has its own statute of limitations, which vary from one year to six years. Most states look at the date of your diagnosis or when you became aware of your injuries to determine when the clock begins ticking.

Generally, your state will most likely give you two or three years to file a complaint. A few states have a one-year, five-year, or six-year statute of limitations. The rest fall in between.

Other factors could affect your deadline for filing an Ozempic claim and participating in the multidistrict litigation (MDL), too. As of August 2024, this MDL is still very early in the process. New cases will likely continue to join the MDL for a year or longer until the case concludes.

What Do I Need to Know About the Ozempic Multidistrict Litigation?

The Ozempic lawsuit is progressing through the multidistrict litigation (MDL) process. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation approved the consolidation of these cases in February 2024. The case is officially known as MDL 3094 IN RE: Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs) Products Liability Litigation.

It was assigned to the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the judge presiding over the case, Judge Gene E.K. Pratter, passed away in May 2024. Judge Karen Spencer Marston is now overseeing this MDL.

The number of active cases included in the MDL continues to grow. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation reported 346 pending actions as of August 1, 2024. The size of the mass tort will likely continue to grow as more users of these popular medications learn of the case.

In general, you may meet the eligibility requirements to join the Ozempic MDL or take other action if you have a diagnosis that includes:

• Blocked intestine (bowel obstruction) requiring hospitalization
• Gastric pacemaker or surgically implanted gastric stimulator
• Gastroparesis (stomach paralysis) with or without hospitalization
• Ileus (intestinal blockage) diagnosis before November 2022
• Malnutrition requiring hospitalization
• Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION)
• Pulmonary aspiration while under anesthesia or during surgery
• Sudden blurred vision
• Sudden color vision loss
• Sudden dark area or shadow in vision
• Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes
• Wernicke’s encephalopathy

Plaintiffs in these cases received their diagnosis while taking Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus, Saxenda, Victoza, Mounjaro, Trulicity, and Zepbound or after discontinuing use.

What Damages Are Included in an Ozempic Settlement or Award?

Ozempic received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 2017. This injectable medication is meant to help manage blood sugar levels in patients with Type II diabetes. The medication and several similar drugs—Wegovy, Rybelsus, Mounjaro, Saxenda, Trulicity, Victoza, and Zepbound—became very popular quickly because many users experienced significant weight loss when using medications in the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist class.

In the years since Ozempic’s approval and introduction to the marketplace, many consumers have reported suffering injuries, illness, and significant health complaints. The recoverable damages in these lawsuits are the expenses and losses they incurred because of these medical issues.

What Types of Damages Could I Recover?

If you file an Ozempic lawsuit, any possible settlement will depend significantly on your related expenses and losses. The recoverable damages in an Ozempic settlement could include:

• Medical Costs: A settlement could cover all your current and future medical care needs stemming from your qualifying health condition.
• Lost Income: You could recover lost wages and other income from the time you missed working and reduced earning capacity if you cannot return to your job.
• Out-of-Pocket Expenses: Related out-of-pocket expenses may be recoverable in the Ozempic lawsuit, including your legal costs.
• Non-economic Damages: Plaintiffs can seek compensation for their pain, suffering, anguish, and distress. Other non-economic damages may also be available in these cases.
• Punitive Damages: Some juries award punitive damages in dangerous drug cases. There is no way to know whether this could occur in the Ozempic lawsuit. Your attorney can offer more information as the discovery process and bellwether trials progress.

For families pursuing a case based on their loved one’s wrongful death, the recoverable damages could differ. If your loved one died from health complications linked to Ozempic use, your attorney will be able to explain the types of damages potentially available to you in a settlement or court award.

How Our Law Firm Partners Are Handling Ozempic Lawsuits

The Goldwater Law Firm is working with co-counsels to represent clients in the Ozempic lawsuit. Our law firm partners are some of the largest, most successful, and well-known firms nationwide. We have the ability to ensure you get representation with Ozempic experience no matter your location in the United States.

We aim to help everyone who calls our firm to get justice. We understand how frustrating and confusing this can be. Big corporations should not profit from products that cause harm to consumers. We will not back down from any corporation, regardless of size or reputation. You can trust our co-counsel to fight the drug manufacturers on your behalf.

Our law firm partners provide knowledgeable and compassionate representation for clients. They use firm resources to develop each plaintiff’s case. Our co-counsel Ozempic lawsuit lawyers have access to a network of specialists, experts, doctors, and pharmaceutical industry insiders who can help support the lawsuit.

They work based on contingency. You will not need to pay a retainer or other fees upfront. Instead, you pay them only from the money they recover for you.