Filing an Ozempic (GLP-1) Claim for a Loved One Who Has Died

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No Ozempic or other GLP-1 lawsuit has been settled, and no court or jury has found that these medications caused anyone's injury — the litigation is ongoing, with major expert-evidence rulings still ahead. Whether any individual has a claim depends on their own medical records and the law of their state.

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No Ozempic or other GLP-1 lawsuit has been settled, and no court or jury has found that these medications caused anyone's injury — the litigation is ongoing, with major expert-evidence rulings still ahead. Whether any individual has a claim depends on their own medical records and the law of their state. Do not stop, start, or change any prescribed medication because of anything on this page. Those decisions belong with your prescriber. Attorney Advertising.

A GLP-1 injury claim does not necessarily end when the injured person dies. It generally continues through their estate, brought by a personal representative appointed by a probate court in the state where they lived. Marin & Murphy is currently accepting Ozempic (GLP-1) gastroparesis and NAION cases, including claims brought on behalf of someone who has passed away.

We are sorry. If you are reading this, you are handling paperwork at a time when nobody should have to handle paperwork, and you may be doing it while also wondering whether the medication had anything to do with what happened. There is no fast answer to that second question. What follows is the practical part — what a claim on behalf of someone who has died involves, and what you would need — written plainly so that you can read it once and put it down.

Two different kinds of claim, often filed together

Most states recognize two related claims after a death. A survival claim is the claim the injured person had while alive — their own suffering, their own medical expenses — which survives them and belongs to the estate. A wrongful-death claim belongs to the surviving family members the state’s statute names, for their own losses. Who may bring each, who may recover, and how long they have to file are all matters of state law and differ considerably from one state to another.

Both ordinarily run through a personal representative — the person a probate court appoints to act for the estate, sometimes called an executor or administrator. If a will named someone, that person is usually appointed. If there was no will, state law sets an order of priority, commonly a spouse first, then adult children.

What we will ask about, and why

• Date of death and the cause listed on the death certificate. Not because a certificate decides anything, but because it is the starting document.
• Where they lived at the time of death. This determines which state’s law applies and which probate court appoints the representative.
• Whether an estate has been opened, and who the personal representative is. If none has been opened, that is fine — it can be done later, and we can explain the step.
• The medication history. Which brand-name products, roughly when started and stopped, prescriber and pharmacy.
• The injury and its documentation. The diagnosis, the diagnosing doctor, the hospital or emergency room, and the dates — for stomach injuries, whether a gastric emptying study or other objective testing was done.

You are not expected to have all of this. Bring what you have.

Timing, said honestly

Deadlines for wrongful-death and survival claims are set by state statute and are frequently shorter and less forgiving than deadlines for injury claims brought during life. Some run from the date of death rather than from the date anyone connected the injury to a medication. That is the one reason we suggest not setting this aside indefinitely — not urgency for its own sake, and not a countdown. A short conversation now preserves options that silence may not.

What this claim is, and is not

It is a claim against the drug manufacturers — Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly — about what their warning labels said and did not say. It is not a claim against the doctors or the hospital that cared for your family member. Their records are usually the evidence a claim depends on.

And it is not a resolved question. There are no settlements and no verdicts in any GLP-1 injury lawsuit as of September 2026, and no court has found that these medications caused anyone’s death or injury. Anyone who tells you otherwise, or quotes you a figure, is speculating.

Do not throw anything away yet

Before medications are cleared out and papers are sorted: keep the pens, pen boxes, cartons, and packaging; keep pharmacy receipts, printouts, and insurance statements; keep hospital and emergency-room discharge papers; and keep any letters or emails from the manufacturer, pharmacy, or insurer. Our evidence checklist lists it all in one place. This is the step most often lost in the first weeks, and it cannot be undone.

Common questions

For families & caregivers: the spouse & caregiver guide, the caregiver checklist, calling for a parent, and power of attorney.