Gunzlingr
04-25-2003, 02:10 PM
MINNEAPOLIS -- A judge dismissed claims by Korey Stringer's widow against the Minnesota Vikings on Friday but allowed her $100 million wrongful death lawsuit to go forward against the team's training camp physician and his clinic.
The Vikings had asked Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson to throw out the lawsuit filed by Kelci Stringer, who claims her husband didn't receive proper medical care when he collapsed during training camp on July 31, 2001.
Korey Stringer, 27, a 335-pound Pro Bowl lineman, died early the next morning.
In a 103-page opinion, Larson granted the Vikings' request, but he said the case can go to trial against Dr. David Knowles and the Mankato Clinic. He dismissed claims against two other doctors employed by the Vikings.
Kelci Stringer's attorney, Stanley Chesley, of Cincinnati, said the Stringer family intends to go forward against Knowles and the clinic, and will appeal Larson's dismissal of the claims against the Vikings trainers and coaches and two other team physicians.
The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial June 9.
"The Stringers expect their position that Vikings employees and physicians were responsible for Korey's death to be upheld in the end," Chesley said
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The Vikings had asked Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson to throw out the lawsuit filed by Kelci Stringer, who claims her husband didn't receive proper medical care when he collapsed during training camp on July 31, 2001.
Korey Stringer, 27, a 335-pound Pro Bowl lineman, died early the next morning.
In a 103-page opinion, Larson granted the Vikings' request, but he said the case can go to trial against Dr. David Knowles and the Mankato Clinic. He dismissed claims against two other doctors employed by the Vikings.
Kelci Stringer's attorney, Stanley Chesley, of Cincinnati, said the Stringer family intends to go forward against Knowles and the clinic, and will appeal Larson's dismissal of the claims against the Vikings trainers and coaches and two other team physicians.
The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial June 9.
"The Stringers expect their position that Vikings employees and physicians were responsible for Korey's death to be upheld in the end," Chesley said
more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0425/1544669.html)