Are many of the pump failures linked with people who've run out of fuel? I have a suspicion (through experience of doing runout tests in other cars without experiencing pump damage) that they aren't linked.
That said, I do take on board that yours failed not long after a fuel runout. I suspect they are just a weak unit!
2012 G56 Stage 2 M3W 2007 Fiat Panda 100HP 1998 Lotus Elise (Cosworth Duratec) 1988 RF88 Van Diemen