Sharrif Floyd suing Dr. James Andrews for $180 million

[Sassy Squatch]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/11/05/sh...-james-andrews

Former Vikings defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd will file a $180-million lawsuit against noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, the Andrews Institute for Orthopedic Surgery and others in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court for Orange County Florida on Tuesday, according to Floyd’s lawyer Brad Sohn.

Floyd’s once-promising career is now over.

The suit alleges that Floyd, the No. 23 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, was told by Andrews that he’d undergo a minor arthroscopic knee surgery in September 2016, intended to shelf him for 3–4 weeks. Instead, the suit alleges, Floyd underwent a far more significant procedure at the Andrews Institute. According to the lawsuit, Floyd suffered permanent nerve and muscle damage in his right leg as a result of the surgery.

According to the suit, the Andrew Institute negligently administered a pain blocker that led to the muscle and nerve damage. In the aftermath, the Vikings placed Floyd on the non-football injury list, which was the subject of an NFLPA grievance. That grievance centered on the payment of Floyd’s $6.7-million option for 2017, the final year of his rookie deal. The Vikings exercised that option in May 2016.

It’s believed that the team and Floyd have engaged in settlement talks on the grievance. The related $180-million lawsuit is based on what Floyd would’ve made over the course of a longer career as a pro football player.

[TLO]

There's a new Sharrif in town.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by chinaski

What I wanna know is how Dr. Andrews seems to have gotten a monopoly on the NFL injury market. I mean shit, he's not the only game around, there are other Orthopedic Surgeons out there.

"Nobody ever got fired for buying from IBM"

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by Sully

Andrews' reputation over the past few years is starting to go downhill. He is old as hell. Hell, I remember when Bo Jackson hurt his hip, it was Andrews who he went and saw. That was early 90s.

Andrews was a 2nd opinion after Dr. Joyce (Royals doctor and orthopedic surgeon) told Bo that he had degenerative hip disease. Andrews basically said that Joyce was full of shit and he didn't have degenerative hip disease. It was a few months later that Andrews had to admit that Dr. Joyce was right. There's more than one smart doctor in the room.

[Msmith]

Dr. Andrews did fix Drew Brees' shoulder.

[Demonpenz]

**** I wish I would have gotten to that clash joke.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

**** I wish I would have gotten to that clash joke.

This is CP.

You got about 10 minutes tops to get that kind of dynamite in.

I only barely beat Dartgod by 2 minutes, because I'm guessing he was going to get it if I didn't.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

That is the claim.

However, my wife has had multiple hip surgeries, and before everyone she is notified that they often can't get a full picture for the issue until they're on the operating table. The doctors usually do not begin the surgery until she signs off that the surgery might be more invasive if the need is there.

I'd be stunned if something similar wasn't in place here - but in either case, Floyd is making the right move, as this injury cost him a potentially elite playing career.

I'm sure he was consented in advance, probably on forms that were not read, to the surgeon doing whatever they felt was medically necessary once they were in there. Standard practice.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

This is CP.

You got about 10 minutes tops to get that kind of dynamite in.

I only barely beat Dartgod by 2 minutes, because I'm guessing he was going to get it if I didn't.

That one went way over my head. I had to Google the meaning. Besides, I was working on the second part of my "I shot the Sharrif" post.