Gunzlingr
08-13-2003, 12:45 PM
Former Carolina Panthers receiver Patrick Jeffers filed a lawsuit against the former team orthopedist, the Panthers and the Miller Orthopaedic Clinic on Tuesday in Mecklenburg County Superior Court.
Jeffers alleges medical malpractice and negligence by Dr. Donald D'Alessandro, claiming he added five procedures to an Aug. 20, 2000, surgery without Jeffers' informed consent. The suit contends the procedures led to the end of Jeffers' NFL career.
The Panthers and their ownership group were accused in the complaint of retaining D'Alessandro as team doctor "despite knowing that such retention and use was substantially certain to cause serious injury to the Carolina Panthers' football players."
more (http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/football/nfl/carolina_panthers/6520060.htm)
Jeffers alleges medical malpractice and negligence by Dr. Donald D'Alessandro, claiming he added five procedures to an Aug. 20, 2000, surgery without Jeffers' informed consent. The suit contends the procedures led to the end of Jeffers' NFL career.
The Panthers and their ownership group were accused in the complaint of retaining D'Alessandro as team doctor "despite knowing that such retention and use was substantially certain to cause serious injury to the Carolina Panthers' football players."
more (http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/football/nfl/carolina_panthers/6520060.htm)