Why the Puncture
Record Matters

A record—not a sales pitch.

Puncture grew from a real safety-needle matter that became a consequential part of my professional history. The film is not a documentary, and this page is not a substitute for the underlying legal record. It is a plain explanation of why we built a source-led archive: because the story behind the film deserves to be traceable to public materials, not repeated only as a dramatic premise.

The record includes a federal legislative source, a contemporaneous settlement announcement, public-health guidance, research, production reporting, and festival documentation. Each source is labeled for what it supports and what it does not establish. Readers can start with the original records rather than relying on our description of them.

The case became a public question.

The safety-needle issue was not only a courtroom dispute. It raised questions about preventable occupational exposure, the availability of safer technology, and the systems that influence adoption. The public record includes the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, an official congressional source that readers can review directly through the Evidence Library.

The record also includes the public announcement regarding Retractable Technologies’ 2004 settlement with Becton Dickinson. That exhibit identifies the source as a company announcement—not a judicial opinion, a complete docket, or a substitute for the underlying litigation record.

Why we preserved the evidence trail.

The internet has a way of flattening complex stories into a few untraceable lines. It can blur the difference between a firsthand account, a news report, an official source, and a statistic. The Evidence Library was created to resist that flattening.

Its purpose is modest and specific. It gives readers a path from a claim to a record, tells them what kind of record they are reading, and states the limits of that record. The archive includes public-health context from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Those sources are presented as guidance and research—not as individualized medical, workplace-compliance, or legal advice.

From the underlying history to a film.

The story later became Puncture, an independent film directed by Adam and Mark Kassen and starring Chris Evans. The film is a dramatization, but its origin is documented through multiple production-era sources. Tribeca’s official archive records the film’s 2011 festival presentation, giving the historical record a visible connection to the moment the story entered public culture.

That connection matters because it explains the site’s dual purpose. puncturefilm.com is a film companion and a public archive. It is not a replacement for original sources, and it is not a generic legal-marketing page.

What this record says about Danziger & De Llano.

Danziger & De Llano is the publisher and steward of this archive because the history is connected to my legal career and to a film I executive produced. That relationship is real, and it should be visible.

It is equally important to state what the relationship does not mean. The safety-needle matter is a distinct historical matter. It is not a mesothelioma case study, it does not establish a medical conclusion, and it should not be used to make unsupported claims about any individual client’s case or legal outcome.

Our current firm work must stand on its own record, qualifications, public information, and client-service standards. The role of this archive is narrower: it preserves a documented chapter of professional history and makes the sources available for readers who want to understand it.