Big Hurt Sues Sox

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

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According to a suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Thomas -- now playing for the Oakland Athletics -- claims doctors from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center determined his injury was a bruise when it really was a fractured navicular bone. Thomas was cleared to play by the doctors, according to the suit, and later broke another bone in the foot.

 

Attorney Thomas Demetrio said the doctors acted irresponsibly in treating Thomas.

 

"A fracture of the navicular bone is common in athletes, and it's something, when you're in the world of sports medicine, you're supposed to be very tuned in to it,'' Demetrio said Thursday. "And you're supposed to know that it takes an MRI or bone scan to diagnose it.''

 

I'd love to hear some of the depositions in this case.

[Tad]

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-0607130263jul13,1,7073318.story?coll=cs-whitesox-headlines

 

Just to clarify:

 

Thomas is suing Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and two of its doctors, Gregory P. Nicholson and Kathleen Weber. The White Sox are not a party in the suit.

[Andy]

This guy's an (expletive) idiot. We ain't paying this guy (expletive) - Williams

[jjgman21]

This guy's an (expletive) idiot. We ain't paying this guy (expletive) - Williams

 

a guy is an idiot because doctors failed to provide the expected level of care, and in so doing probably cost him millions of dollars? if it turns out there is no merit, fine, he's an idiot. but if what is alleged in that article is properly plead and true, he wins. not giving an MRI is clearly outside of what an ortho at a Chicago teaching hospital would ordinarily do in providing care to a professional athelete.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

This guy's an (expletive) idiot. We ain't paying this guy (expletive) - Williams

 

a guy is an idiot because doctors failed to provide the expected level of care, and in so doing probably cost him millions of dollars? if it turns out there is no merit, fine, he's an idiot. but if what is alleged in that article is properly plead and true, he wins. not giving an MRI is clearly outside of what an ortho at a Chicago teaching hospital would ordinarily do in providing care to a professional athelete.

 

I think that post was a play on how Kenny Williams reacted to Frank Thomas' reaction when he wasn't retained by the White Sox. Williams was angry with what Thomas said and called him an "idiot".

[jjgman21]

This guy's an (expletive) idiot. We ain't paying this guy (expletive) - Williams

 

a guy is an idiot because doctors failed to provide the expected level of care, and in so doing probably cost him millions of dollars? if it turns out there is no merit, fine, he's an idiot. but if what is alleged in that article is properly plead and true, he wins. not giving an MRI is clearly outside of what an ortho at a Chicago teaching hospital would ordinarily do in providing care to a professional athelete.

 

I think that post was a play on how Kenny Williams reacted to Frank Thomas' reaction when he wasn't retained by the White Sox. Williams was angry with what Thomas said and called him an "idiot".

 

seemed to me his play was using Williams words in another context to express his opinion of Thomas's lawsuit.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

This guy's an (expletive) idiot. We ain't paying this guy (expletive) - Williams

 

a guy is an idiot because doctors failed to provide the expected level of care, and in so doing probably cost him millions of dollars? if it turns out there is no merit, fine, he's an idiot. but if what is alleged in that article is properly plead and true, he wins. not giving an MRI is clearly outside of what an ortho at a Chicago teaching hospital would ordinarily do in providing care to a professional athelete.

 

I think that post was a play on how Kenny Williams reacted to Frank Thomas' reaction when he wasn't retained by the White Sox. Williams was angry with what Thomas said and called him an "idiot".

 

seemed to me his play was using Williams words in another context to express his opinion of Thomas's lawsuit.

 

I just assumed it to be a joke. Who knows? But, I'm sure he'll clarify.

[Andy]

It was a joke. If Thomas was maltreated in the hospital, and I have no way of knowing if he was, then he should be compensated.

[bc2k]

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According to a suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Thomas -- now playing for the Oakland Athletics -- claims doctors from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center determined his injury was a bruise when it really was a fractured navicular bone. Thomas was cleared to play by the doctors, according to the suit, and later broke another bone in the foot.

 

Attorney Thomas Demetrio said the doctors acted irresponsibly in treating Thomas.

 

"A fracture of the navicular bone is common in athletes, and it's something, when you're in the world of sports medicine, you're supposed to be very tuned in to it,'' Demetrio said Thursday. "And you're supposed to know that it takes an MRI or bone scan to diagnose it.''

 

I'd love to hear some of the depositions in this case.

 

Wouldn't Thomas's lawyers have to prove that playing on his misdiagnosed broken navicular bone is what lead to a second broken bone in that foot?