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re: Greg Brooks Jr's attorney reacts to BK rebuttal:
Posted on 2/6/25 at 10:14 pm to abellsujr
Posted on 2/6/25 at 10:14 pm to abellsujr
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Can y’all just chill and wait for the LSU lawyers to defend this? Why do people freak out after only hearing one side of the story? Have people learned nothing after all these years? I just don’t understand it.
Because this is the bad press that hurts recruiting and team chemistry. And we all want to see LSU succeed. I feel terrible for Greg but they are damaging the brand to get paid even more than they were going to from public and university donations.
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Posted on 2/6/25 at 10:14 pm to lsufan0582
With cameras and phone logs, this should be pretty easy to prove one way or the other
Posted on 2/6/25 at 10:14 pm to lsusalty1
Not an attorney but have had some experience with medical malpractice. A medmal claim goes before a panel to see if the Dr followed or violated the standard of care (I believe that is the right terminology) before a civil suit proceeds. Sounds like what he is saying is the panel hasn’t rendered an opinion.
Posted on 2/6/25 at 10:19 pm to Fat Bastard
I’m not the biggest BK fan in the world but Brooks had brain cancer…How is BK supposed to deal with that? He wasn’t injured on the field and BL just ignored him.
Posted on 2/6/25 at 10:20 pm to lsusalty1
So what can be done about it? They are playing the public statement game. It sucks. But a defense for all of this is coming. It’ll be fine.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 4:39 am to ThighMeat
quote:
medical malpractice
The lawsuit is not just targeting medical malpractice.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 4:54 am to Gaston
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I don’t think you should have to sue LSU to get paid if you get hirt playing football. LSU should carry insurance on the players.
A neurologist discovered his brain tumor.
That is the reason for all you downvotes fyi
Posted on 2/7/25 at 5:06 am to lukestar
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I’m not the biggest BK fan in the world but Brooks had brain cancer…How is BK supposed to deal with that?
The claim is suggesting that rathe than discuss Brooks' playing time, starting job, consequences of missing practice, etc. he should have been referred to a Nueuologist.
The lawsuit claims....
Two days after the initial symptoms appeared, they seemed to be getting worse but Brooks cleared concussion protocol from an athletic trainer using an app on an iPad called C3 Logix.
Even after worse symptoms that appeared to be getting worse, Dr. Vincent Shaw (Board certified in Family Medicine, Primary Care and Ortho) signed off on Brooks' practice availability and protocol without ever examining Brooks.
4 days later after those symptoms during another drill, Brooks again started to feel dizzy, nauseous, headaches and for 4 hours, his condition reportedly worsened.
The trainers then diagnosed and treated Greg for vestibular crystal adjustment which is "adjusting the crystals" in your brain. The team Dr. on that day was Stephen Etheridge (Board Certified in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine). Dr. Etheridge never saw Greg but again, signed off on the diagnoses from the trainer and treatment.
Greg repeatedly complained of headaches, dizziness, nausea but was assured by coaches and trainers he was fine. He was given the option to sit out of practice at the risk of playing time, starting position and his team captain status.
Beyond that, it gets dicey and clinical and I think that's where the pileup begins (accusing BK of HIPAA violations, etc) but when LSU settles, it will be because of what they discuss above not what happened once he got the MRI and the tumor was found.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 5:13 am to LSUfan4444
That’s a LSU issue not a BK issue
Posted on 2/7/25 at 5:18 am to saturncube21
It's not either or, lawsuit or not. BK runs the football program. LSU is his employer. They are not mutually exclusive.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 5:35 am to lsufan0582
It’s a play on words. He didn’t talk to “Greg brooks jr”. Greg may not have been able to talk after the surgery. However, BK could have been there and talking to the family. It’s what lawyers do.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 6:11 am to dos crystal
No winners here. No amount of money is going to make Greg whole again. Money will however help fund the health care and medical needs of the family. I suspect his life expectancy is not very long considering his diagnosis. I think LSU has funded his immediate needs but long term cost are prohibitive.. No matter how responsive Kelly and the team were at the time, It is never enough to satisfy the family. Of course the plaintiff attorney will fan the fames and make all kinds of assertions. Likely neither side is totally innocent and honest in presenting their case. There are no winners here just have to make the best of a bad situation.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 7:14 am to LSBoosie
This makes sense to me.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 7:18 am to LSUfan4444
quote:Well, unfortunately for Brooks, there is video of him saying “he is 100% back to normal” over two weeks after he first complained of vertigo
Greg repeatedly complained of headaches, dizziness, nausea but was assured by coaches and trainers he was fine.
This post was edited on 2/7/25 at 7:19 am
Posted on 2/7/25 at 7:24 am to lsupride87
Here is another video, only about 15 days before his surgery where he once again says he ke “100% straight “. Go to the 4:15 mark
So we have two videos, of Greg brooks himself, compels contradicting the actual lawsuit
This case has 0.0% chance to ever make it to a judge. LSU is crazy if they settle to this
So we have two videos, of Greg brooks himself, compels contradicting the actual lawsuit
This case has 0.0% chance to ever make it to a judge. LSU is crazy if they settle to this
This post was edited on 2/7/25 at 7:25 am
Posted on 2/7/25 at 7:32 am to lsufan0582
Lawyers involved so this is About money of course . Not sure who to believe maybe there is truth and deception on both sides.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 7:32 am to lsupride87
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Here is another video, only about 15 days before his surgery where he once again says he ke “100% straight “. Go to the 4:15 mark
Good find. Yeah, my doctors did the exact same thing for me for over a month. Adjust the crystals in my inner ear then I’d feel okay for a little while. Most docs wouldn’t jump to “it’s cancer” immediately. Especially when the person says they are “100%”.
Posted on 2/7/25 at 8:17 am to lsupride87
Make me shut the hell up, you might have brain damage
Posted on 2/7/25 at 8:19 am to lsupride87
His condition had documented occurrences (by LSU) where symptoms appeared, vanished then reoccurred. Brooks is not a clinician, not an employed athletic trainer. His opinion, knowledge, guidance, diagnostic capabilities and treatment plans will have nearly as much impact as those of the trained physicians who signed off on his treatment.
This post was edited on 2/7/25 at 8:20 am
Posted on 2/7/25 at 8:21 am to lsusalty1
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Most docs wouldn’t jump to “it’s cancer” immediately.
That’s not, at all, in any way, what the lawsuit is about.
This post was edited on 2/7/25 at 8:21 am
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