Sharrif Floyd suing Dr. James Andrews for $180 million

[Flying High D]

Did Andrews do surgery on Berry? Maybe, that explains it.

[Rain Man]

$180 million? So Floyd was planning to move to quarterback after returning from his surgery?

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

$180 million? So Floyd was planning to move to quarterback after returning from his surgery?

I'm pretty sure the argument was he was a top of the line 3 tech a year away from FA and he was a younger player...there's a good chance he'd have seen 2 big contracts.

[Flying High D]

After surgery he was supposed to come back as Taylor Swift.

[Mecca]

Ex-Vikings DT Sharrif Floyd is done playing football. Tomorrow, in a Florida court, he'll file a $180 million lawsuit against Dr. James Andrews and others, alleging it's the result of a surgery gone wrong performed at the Andrews Institute.

He apparently went into to have a minor arthroscopic surgery to clean up his knee and left with muscle and nerve damage, thus ending his career.

[htismaqe]

Ouch.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Ouch.

It's apparently so large because he's suing for lost wages, he was one year away from being a FA off his rookie deal and he was an ascending player many thought would get a huge deal.

Apparently also part of his lawsuit is...

He’s alleging negligence on treatment. That nerve blocks were incorrectly administered. That simply should not happen. Floyd went under for arthroscopic surgery and they did microfracture instead. This may have been the correct treatment but it’s a far less successful surgery and if this wasn’t a presented option before hand he’s got a case.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Mecca

It's apparently so la
He’s alleging negligence on treatment.

Same guy who told Houston and the Chiefs that he could still play during the season after his knee injury instead of just getting it done.

[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.

[Dartgod]

So he's suing him twice?

[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.