akiliMVP Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote]Ex-Brown Jurevicius files lawsuit blaming team, doctors for staph infection Associated Press CLEVELAND -- Former Browns wide receiver Joe Jurevicius has filed a lawsuit against the team and the Cleveland Clinic, saying the club misrepresented the cleanliness of its training facility and blaming doctors with negligence over a staph infection in his right knee that kept him from playing last season. The lawsuit alleges that physicians Anthony Miniaci and Richard Figler failed to warn Jurevicius that therapy equipment wasn't always sanitized at the Browns' training facility in suburban Berea. Joe Jurevicius, WR Jurevicius has said he contracted staph after having arthroscopic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in January 2008. As a result, the lawsuit claims, "Jurevicius may never be able to play professional football again." Erinne Dyer, speaking on behalf of the Clinic and the doctors Friday, said they wouldn't comment on pending litigation. Browns spokesman Neal Gulkis said the team was preparing a response. An NFL physicians survey of the league's 32 teams determined there were 33 MRSA staph infections leaguewide from 2006 to 2008. The Browns had at least six players stricken with some sort of staph infection in recent years. Jurevicius, who grew up in the Cleveland area as a die-hard Browns fan and attended their games when he was a kid, was released by the team in March. He's currently a free agent. In 11 seasons with the Browns, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks, Jurevicius had 323 receptions for 4,119 yards and 29 touchdowns. He set career highs with 55 receptions and 10 touchdowns for the Seahawks in 2005. The legal filing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court included an affidavit by Dr. Bonnie Bock, an infectious diseases specialist from Newport Beach, Calif., who said her examination of the case showed that Jurevicius' staph infection was due to circumstances outlined in the suit. "Sterile techniques were not at all times used at the Browns' training facility," Dr. Bock said. "Therapy devices commonly used by multiple Browns players were not properly maintained, disinfected or cleaned, if at all at the Browns' training facility." Jurevicius' lawsuit asks for damages totaling more than $25,000, plus unspecified punitive damages, attorney and expert fees and related costs. The lawsuit was first reported on The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Web site. Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press[/quote] [url="http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8110338c&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true"]http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8...mp;confirm=true[/url] What a great organization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 :rofl: what did he expect out of cleveland lol haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 [quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' post='782571' date='Jun 26 2009, 11:47 PM']:rofl: what did he expect out of cleveland lol haha[/quote] So, do their fans get staph infections too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 gotta say he is gonna win some cash in this one.. hard to argue with 5 other players in the same or similar situation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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