Chris Maragos
Knee injury ended his career: ex-NFL professional wins lawsuit against doctors worth millions
NFL pro Chris Maragos announced his retirement in 2019
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NFL pro Chris Maragos sustained a serious knee injury in 2017. As a result, the Philadelphia Eagles football player had to retire and sued his medical team for millions of dollars in damages. Now the verdict came.
A jury in a US court in Philadelphia on Monday awarded former football player Chris Maragos $43.5 million. The ex-Philadelphia Eagles player sued the medical team treating his injured knee.
Maragos suffered a knee injury playing against the Carolina Panthers in 2017. Doctors diagnosed a torn posterior cruciate ligament and operated on the then 31-year-old.
Shortly thereafter, the orthopedists who looked after him prescribed exercise again and allowed the then NFL professional to walk on solid ground, among other things. In May 2018, an MRI showed the injury had worsened and he was suffering from a torn meniscus. Eventually, Maragos’ knee never recovered and he was forced to retire from professional football the following year.
Former NFL pro Chris Maragos wins lawsuit against doctors
Maragos sued his doctors and has now been awarded $ 43.5 million for alleged medical errors, as several US media reports. According to his lawyers, they should not have allowed him any further activities in view of the results of the investigation. The prescribed rehabilitation measures ultimately led to excessive strain on the knee and further complications.
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The doctors’ lawyers, on the other hand, argued that Maragos suffered a meniscus injury in an incident in the weight room several months after his surgery. They also pointed out the ex-player’s age at the time of his surgery and that he had been playing in the NFL for eight years, suggesting his career might not have lasted much longer.
Maragos, now 36, believes he could still play if he had been treated right. “On Sunday my team played the Super Bowl and all I could do was watch and wonder if I could have been out there with them if I had had proper medical care,” he said. “Although I live in constant pain and will never return to the field, I hope this decision sends a message to teams’ medical staff that players are people, not just contracts.”
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