Ozempic and GLP-1 Claims in Los Angeles

What do Ozempic lawsuits allege?

The lawsuits allege that the manufacturers knew, or should have known, of a risk of severe gastrointestinal injury and failed to warn patients and prescribers adequately. The conditions most often described in the filings are gastroparesis, intestinal obstruction, ileus and severe recurrent vomiting, and there are separate claims of vision loss.

Those are allegations in active litigation. The manufacturers deny them, causation is contested, and nothing has been established against them. Anyone telling you the outcome is a foregone conclusion is telling you something they do not know.

This is not a class action. Each claim stays separate, built on that individual’s own records, with their own outcome.

What records should you gather for an Ozempic claim?

The prescription history matters just as much as the diagnosis: which drug, prescribed by whom, over what period, and whether it was prescribed for diabetes or for weight loss. Many people got these medicines from a weight loss clinic, through telemedicine, from a compounding pharmacy or even from another country, and have no prescription or paperwork. Use can still be shown with:

• Pharmacy history and records from your insurer or Medi-Cal.
• The clinic file and emails from a telemedicine platform.
• Receipts and bank transfers, and the boxes and pens if you still have them. Do not throw anything away.
• Hospital and specialist records for every visit, including gastric emptying studies, endoscopies and discharge summaries.

A review will also ask about other medical conditions, other medicines and any earlier stomach or bowel problems, because the manufacturers can be expected to point to them. Compounded semaglutide obtained from a pharmacy or a clinic rather than a manufacturer raises different questions, because the defendant may not be the same. We request the medical records ourselves, in Spanish as well as English, and you pay nothing up front.

How long do you have to file an Ozempic lawsuit?

Under Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1, an injury lawsuit in California generally has to be filed within two years. For injuries that appear later, the two years can run from when the injury and its likely cause were, or should have been, discovered. With a drug injury that date is often not the first day you took the medicine, and it is argued case by case. Have your date reviewed early rather than assuming time remains.

If the person who was hurt has died, Code of Civil Procedure section 377.60 sets out who may bring a wrongful death claim. The federal cases are consolidated rather than heard locally, so living anywhere in Los Angeles County does not limit the claim.

What compensation may be sought in an Ozempic case?

• Medical expenses, past and future, including hospital admissions, procedures and ongoing care.
• Lost earnings and loss of earning capacity.
• Pain, suffering and emotional distress, including the loss of enjoyment of daily life.
• Punitive damages under Civil Code section 3294 where the evidence shows malice, oppression or fraud.
• Wrongful death damages for the family where a patient has died.

What a claim is worth cannot be known before the records are reviewed. It turns on the diagnosis, the treatment and the proof of use.

How much does an Ozempic lawyer cost in Los Angeles?

No fee unless there is a recovery. Broukhim Legal PC takes Ozempic and GLP-1 cases on a contingency fee, so there is nothing to pay up front and the fee is paid out of what is recovered. If nothing is recovered, no fee is owed. The fee agreement is put in writing and signed before any work starts, as California law requires, and it also explains how the costs of running the case are handled. Your first conversation is free, confidential and carries no obligation.

Related claims and where we help

Other medicines where the warning rather than the drug is the issue are reviewed on the same basis, including Depo-Provera and meningioma and Suboxone dental decay. Broukhim Legal PC is at 550 S Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles, and a claim is reviewed before anything is filed. See all mass tort cases and the locations we serve, or tell us what happened for a free case review.

Meet your Los Angeles Ozempic lawsuit lawyer

Bejan Broukhim, Founder and Lead Attorney
State Bar of California, license number 183036

Bejan Broukhim brings years of California legal experience to injury and mass tort cases and personally reviews each one. He earned his J.D. at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, served as a judicial extern in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the Van Nuys Superior Court, and appeared in preliminary hearings as a certified law clerk with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Every case is prepared from day one as though it will go to trial.

Office: 550 S Hill Street, Suite 1390, Los Angeles, CA 90013, serving all of Los Angeles County and California. Get directions