Puncture is an independent feature film starring Chris Evans, directed by Adam Kassen and Mark Kassen and was released on April 21, 2011. The film was based on the true story of Michael David 'Mike' Weiss and Paul Danziger set in Year 1998. A David-versus-Goliath tale.
Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a talented young Houston lawyer and a functioning drug addict. Paul Danziger (co-director Mark Kassen), his longtime friend and partner who is a family man with a pregnant wife. They decided to take on a case when nurse Vicky Rogers (Vinessa Shaw) seeks them out and they learn that she has contracted AIDS a couple of years ago when accidentally pin pricked with a contaminated needle by a violent patient on the job.
Vicky shows an auto retractable safety needle invented by engineer, Jeffrey Matthew Dancort (Marshall Bell) who owns the Safety Point Company, but is unable to sell his product to any hospital because the Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) refused to adopt to his new, more expensive and safer syringes. As Mike and Paul dig deeper into the case and soon, they see all the doors closed in their fight against the powerful mafia of the medical supply system; a health care and pharmaceutical conspiracy teeters on exposure and heavyweight attorneys move in on the defense. Out of their league but invested in their own principles, the mounting pressure of the case pushes the two underdog lawyers and their business to the breaking point.
The show ends when Mike was found died from a drug overdose in his home and the case was later handle by attorney Mark Laniel (Mark Laniel himself) to the court.
In 2004, Mark settled the lawsuit against one of nation's largest GPO and its medical supply manufacturers for over USD150 million. As a result, thousands of hospitals throughout the United States now use safety needles. Many hospitals continue to use conventional syringes resulting in many accidental needle sticks and deaths. In poor countries, the plastic syringe still gets reused hundreds of times and is responsible for millions of new HIV/AIDS infections each year.
This film is dedicated to Michael David Weiss (1967 - October 2, 1999). A lawyer, genius, fool, son, brother, visionary, playboy, madman, druggie and friend.
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In 2004, Mark settled the lawsuit against one of nation's largest GPO and its medical supply manufacturers for over USD150 million. As a result, thousands of hospitals throughout the United States now use safety needles. Many hospitals continue to use conventional syringes resulting in many accidental needle sticks and deaths. In poor countries, the plastic syringe still gets reused hundreds of times and is responsible for millions of new HIV/AIDS infections each year.
This film is dedicated to Michael David Weiss (1967 - October 2, 1999). A lawyer, genius, fool, son, brother, visionary, playboy, madman, druggie and friend.
“I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”
"Sometimes the brightest light comes from the darkest places."
"Sometimes the brightest light comes from the darkest places."
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