Former Eagles safety Chris Maragos won a malpractice lawsuit against the medical team that failed to treat his torn meniscus.
, and I could only watch and wonder whether I could have been out there with them had I received proper medical care,” Maragos said in a press release through his legal team. “While I live in constant pain and will never get back on the field, I hope this decision sends a message to teams’ medical staffs that players are people, not just contracts…
“We’re really grateful and thankful for the outcome. We had the truth on our side, and the jury saw it.”The two-time Super Bowl champion’s initial injury occurred in October 2017 and his PCL was surgically repaired by Bradley. It was discovered in 2018 that his knee didn’t heal correctly, according to Maragos’ attorneys, but he was still given the go ahead for rehabilitation – an action that led to complications.
Maragos’ attorney Dion Rassias said doctors “hastily advanced [the safety]s activities” which caused him to go down “a path of pain, suffering, immobility and several future knee replacements.” Following the initial surgery, Maragos has gone through two more procedures and could be getting a knee replacement. Maragos originally went undrafted before playing in the NFL for nearly a decade. Maragos started his career with the 49ers and later the Seahawks, winning a Super Bowl with Seattle. He then joined Philadelphia in 2014 and was namedMaragos won two Super Bowls, one with the Seahawks and one with the Eagles.
“This case and this jury may have changed the course of history by now forcing these team doctors and trainers to stop worrying about when a player might return to play and start thinking about the next 50 years of a player’s life,” Rassias said.
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