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re: Greg Brooks Jr's attorney reacts to BK rebuttal:
Posted on 2/7/25 at 11:25 pm to bass
Posted on 2/7/25 at 11:25 pm to bass
I can’t speak on the hospital/surgery side…. I have absolutely no information or expertise on that. The experts will sort that out, as they rightfully should…. And will.
I’m only speaking to the LSU/PR/media side… sucks that everyone has to be dragged into this, but there’s really nothing there other than to use LSU and Kelly to draw attention to the case.
I’m only speaking to the LSU/PR/media side… sucks that everyone has to be dragged into this, but there’s really nothing there other than to use LSU and Kelly to draw attention to the case.
This post was edited on 2/7/25 at 11:34 pm
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Posted on 2/8/25 at 12:46 am to bass
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OLOL Hospital would be at the bottom of my list in treatment centers
There could be a chance that going to another facility would delay treatment.
The fact is that GBJr didn't get the outcome he wanted and his attorney is throwing out crap and hoping some sticks to the wall.
I don't think the surgeon botched the surgery. I think his cancer was in a bad spot and something with his condition caused him to have strokes which is why he is how he is today
Some people can completely recover from strokes but it takes time and therapy.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 5:57 am to bass
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If I had a child that needed surgery to remove a brain tumor OLOL Hospital would probably be closer to the bottom of my list in treatment centers.
Thats where parents should step in.
Bad deal all the way around and, I don't see how LSU is at fault.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 6:03 am to bass
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I can see how this may look like a money grab lawsuit but I also think the Brooks family could have a case.
On what grounds? It is sad for the Kid....but this is life man. This didn't happen from football. He was getting that tumor with or without football. He also has some of the best medical services available. Much better than the average person. There is no case. They think they are going to pressure LSU into a settlement is there case. I don't see that happening. Looks like LSU is digging in here.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 6:09 am to lsufan0582
This seems like some horse dookie. The coach didnt come see me enough. 
Posted on 2/8/25 at 6:10 am to Wayne Campbell
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Who stopped Brooks from seeing a doctor?
Nobody prevented him. In hindsight, he probably should have left the football team on August 5 once he passed out at practice, threw up and was only given zofran from a trainer without seeing the team doctor at or after practice and called The Neuromedical Center for further evaluation and testing. Thats easy to say now and would have been viewed at as incredibly overdramatic at the time.
LSU chose to let trainers diagnose and treat him then have physicians sign off on those orders without seeing him. The physicians signing off on the orders are not Boarded in Neurological conditions. The diagnoses was wrong. The treatment was wrong.
Both of those statements can and are true. It's not one or the other as hard as that is for some of you to understand. If you want to skip past a settlement and think in a trial, the medical opinion of Brooks on his own condition (when repeatedly told by LSU's staff "nothing is wrong") will carry as much significance of the opinion of the athletic trainers and two MDs you would be woefully incorrect.
This post was edited on 2/8/25 at 6:16 am
Posted on 2/8/25 at 6:46 am to LSUfan4444
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LSU chose to let trainers diagnose and treat him then have physicians sign off on those orders without seeing him. The physicians signing off on the orders are not Boarded in Neurological conditions. The diagnoses was wrong. The treatment was wrong.
The initial diagnosis being incorrect does not immediately rise to the level of negligence or malpractice.
Again, he went 40 days from onset of symptoms to diagnosis and treatment. That’s phenomenally quick so trying to paint the LSU training staff as having done something wrong makes no sense to me. He could not have walked in to any treatment center and gotten and different results after one or two instances.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 6:51 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
But that’s just it, he didn’t get hurt playing football
Posted on 2/8/25 at 6:55 am to lsufan0582
Where is this Scumbag Attorney from?
Posted on 2/8/25 at 6:56 am to CleanSlate
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hirt playing football
Who can argue with an intellectual titan such as you??
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:18 am to Wayne Campbell
quote:I would agree but thats not his lawsuit either. And while I agree the initial misdiagnoses does not warrant malpractice or negligence in itself, I do think there will be people that view multiple episodes without seeing a team physician and being treated and diagnosed by trainers as negligent. Negligent doesnt have to mean direct cause.
The initial diagnosis being incorrect does not immediately rise to the level of negligence or malpractice.
LSU can't blame Brooks for not seeing a physician when their physicians decided to not see him. Even if there is nothing different they would have done there is just no way around it and it's why they will offer a settlement.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:19 am to LSUfan4444
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LSU chose to let trainers diagnose and treat him then have physicians sign off on those orders without seeing him. The physicians signing off on the orders are not Boarded in Neurological conditions. The diagnoses was wrong. The treatment was wrong.
If you go to the ER with these symptoms, the first thing they do is a CT scan of your brain. If it’s true he went misdiagnosed for around 40 days, swing and a miss by the medical staff. Not a good look.
This post was edited on 2/8/25 at 7:31 am
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:32 am to bass
quote:Then explain why the median time to diagnosis brain tumors is over 60 days after reporting first symptoms?
If you go to the ER with these symptoms, the first thing they do is a CT scan of your brain.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:34 am to bass
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Not because this hospital is a bad hospital but because research will tell you there are far better centers and surgeons elsewhere.
I have zero clue what the insurance situation is for LSU athletes or Greg specifically, but I would bet if they go out-of-network that cost comes out of pocket. Very few people can afford a 6 to 7 figure brain surgery and recovery.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:37 am to bass
quote:Good thing the surgery was done by the Nueronedical Center then by a nationally renowned neurosurgeon
OLOL Hospital would probably be closer to the bottom of my list in treatment centers.
The ignorance and incorrect facts some of y’all have
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:49 am to LSUfan4444
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I would agree but thats not his lawsuit either. And while I agree the initial misdiagnoses does not warrant malpractice or negligence in itself, I do think there will be people that view multiple episodes without seeing a team physician and being treated and diagnosed by trainers as negligent. Negligent doesnt have to mean direct cause. LSU can't blame Brooks for not seeing a physician when their physicians decided to not see him. Even if there is nothing different they would have done there is just no way around it and it's why they will offer a settlement.
Wall of shite. What YOU have failed to point out and this POS lawyer will never admit is Greg Brooks was then and is now AN ADULT. He could have gone to any Dr he wanted including his own WITH HIS POS FATHER who likely did nothing. Cell phone, email, etc WILL burn him and his POS FATHER. They didn’t give a shite then or now. He stated LSU forced him to play - ANOTHER REACH. He wasn’t in prison. No matter how any of you liberal arse lawyer likes spin this the facts are:
Greg Brooks had an illness
The procedure he underwent was signed off by him or his parents and they knew the risks.
He was an adult capable of making his own decisions.
39 days is FAR within the norm to diagnose this type of illness and WOULD NOT HAVE MATTERED ANYWAY. IT IS A frickING ILLNESS.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:56 am to lsupride87
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The ignorance and incorrect facts some of y’all have
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All of this is alleged in a lawsuit that Brooks, Jr. has filed claiming negligence against LSU and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. According to Brooks, Jr., the surgeon who performed the surgery wasn’t qualified to do that particular surgery
Posted on 2/8/25 at 7:59 am to lsufan0582
True or not true relative to Brooks, the statements about Kelly are not relevant from the standpoint of Brooks’ health. Kelly isn’t a medical professional. It doesn’t matter if he visited him or not.
On the public relations front and for purposes of this suit, the university and Kelly can be made to look bad, insensitive, uncaring, etc. but Kelly visiting has no impact. The attorney is making it as if Brooks’ cancer was practically caused by Kelly and LSU. Fundamentally, it comes down to what LSU knew about Brooks original complaints and what they did or didn’t do in responding. Even then, the best they could do is have sped what became cancer treatment to him.
On the public relations front and for purposes of this suit, the university and Kelly can be made to look bad, insensitive, uncaring, etc. but Kelly visiting has no impact. The attorney is making it as if Brooks’ cancer was practically caused by Kelly and LSU. Fundamentally, it comes down to what LSU knew about Brooks original complaints and what they did or didn’t do in responding. Even then, the best they could do is have sped what became cancer treatment to him.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 8:02 am to LSUfan4444
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I would agree but thats not his lawsuit either. And while I agree the initial misdiagnoses does not warrant malpractice or negligence in itself, I do think there will be people that view multiple episodes without seeing a team physician and being treated and diagnosed by trainers as negligent. Negligent doesnt have to mean direct cause.
I’m no lawyer, but he’s suing LSU for negligence. Negligence has a legal standard. If LSU can show they followed a routine standard of care then Brooks will have a hard time proving negligence.
Posted on 2/8/25 at 8:02 am to Wayne Campbell
quote:The allegations say he went 39 days before LSU referred him to a neurologist, then he had emergency surgery.
Again, he went 40 days from onset of symptoms to diagnosis and treatment. That’s phenomenally quick
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