Aaron Patrick injured his ACL in a sideline collision with an NFL replay liaison during a game last month at SoFi Stadium.
Tuesday against the NFL, ESPN, the Los Angeles Chargers and others after tearing his ACL in a sideline collision. The suit comes at a time when game-day conditions at NFL games have come under increased scrutiny.Patrick was injured during Denver’s Oct. 17 overtime loss to the Chargers at SoFi Stadium, when according to the lawsuit filed in California Superior Court, he collided with an improperly positioned NFL replay liaison as he knocked punt returner DeAndre Carter out of bounds.
The lawsuit by Patrick, a 25-year-old, second-year player whose season was ended by the injury, asks for unspecified damages for lost earnings, bonuses he cannot qualify for, medical expenses and pain and suffering.“Player safety should be the foremost of importance to the NFL and its owners,” attorney William Berman said in a news release .
The suit, which claims all of the named defendants were negligent, is somewhat reminiscent of a lawsuit won by former NFL running back Reggie Bush. His 2015 season with the San Francisco 49ers was cut short when he tore his meniscus as he slipped on concrete next to the field at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, where the Rams were then based.
Those comments come after the NFL said last week that the rate of noncontact injuries to the knee, ankle and foot are roughly equal on natural and artificial playing surfaces (
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