We all know lawyers run the world.
They even run the small, fictitious worlds within our world, like the world of the NFL. Ex-Tennessee Titan David Givens is suing his former employer for $25 million for failing to properly treat the deteriorating condition of his knee in 2007.
$25 million is, for the record, one million dollars less than the value of Givens' five-year contract with the Titans, which he signed in 2006 after four promising years with the Patriots.
Givens was diagnosed by Tennessee Titans doctor Tomas Byrd with a lesion on his medial femal cordyle, which connects the upper leg bone to the knee.
Byrd suggested that surgery for the condition would be necessary in the long term, but Givens was still allowed to play.
Allegedly, playing time exacerbated the condition, ...
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David Givens Sues Tennessee Titans: More Than Money on the Line
Posted: 23rd September 2009 by Sven Klemencic in NFLComments Off on David Givens Sues Tennessee Titans: More Than Money on the Line