Sharrif Floyd suing Dr. James Andrews for $180 million

[In58men]

Don’t you sign papers that states shit could **** up during the surgery?

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by In58men

Don’t you sign papers that states shit could **** up during the surgery?

Yes but...when this happens...

Floyd in September 2016 went to the Andrews Institute for what he was told would be a routine arthroscopic surgery. He would require three to four weeks of recovery.

But once doctors began the process to operate, they determined Floyd needed microfracture surgery. That required them to drill into the bone, which caused bleeding and required him to receive a post-operation pain blocker. The suit alleges that those administering that pain blocker affected the procedure, paralyzing a nerve and the surrounding muscle and creating a situation from which he could not recover sufficiently to play football.

That's from ESPN, when you are told one thing and they do something different without telling you that leads to a case.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Yes but...when this happens...

Floyd in September 2016 went to the Andrews Institute for what he was told would be a routine arthroscopic surgery. He would require three to four weeks of recovery.

But once doctors began the process to operate, they determined Floyd needed microfracture surgery. That required them to drill into the bone, which caused bleeding and required him to receive a post-operation pain blocker. The suit alleges that those administering that pain blocker affected the procedure, paralyzing a nerve and the surrounding muscle and creating a situation from which he could not recover sufficiently to play football.

That's from ESPN, when you are told one thing and they do something different without telling you that leads to a case.

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.

[Mecca]

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 know I've had a serious surgery I was told before hand there could be other things that happen, if they didn't have that convo with him or he specifically told them he didn't want a major surgery that will look bad.

[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.