Giants player could lose foot due to MRSA

[Jeremy Igo]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000553694/article/mrsa-infection-leaves-giants-daniel-fells-in-dire-situation?campaign=Twitter_atn

 

This is extremely scary and will effect all teams going forward including the Panthers. IMO,  there should be zero injections given outside of controlled sterile Healthcare facility. Giving an injection within a stadium is lunacy. 

[rayzor]

i hate it for the guy and his family, but something like this was bound to happen at some point. i'm just surprised it hasn't happened sooner.

[Ivan The Awesome]

This is horrible. 

[Mr. Scot]

Terrible to hear.

And that'd be the second body part lost by a Giants player this year. Weirdest trend I've ever seen.

 

[Chaos]

Incredibly scary because if the infection gets into the bone, and likely the blood, could be life threatening. 

[TheRumGone]

fuging awful

[the butch]

How is player safety not the number one concern for the NFL?

[Ruff]

That sucks. :(

[Moorgan]

With Duke advising, I'd like to think the Panthers are up to speed on how to prevent this.

[CarolinaSunday]

I wouldn't trade my foot for a billion dollars. 

 

Unfortunately, his injury would be considered workers' compensation which limits what an injured worker can get. For example, in North Carolina, there's a formula that determines how much body parts are worth and there's no formula that approaches even a million dollars for any body part. And there's no pain and suffering award.

I've been told by the Panthers' general counsel that most players choose to litigate their workers' compensation injuries in California, which is probably pretty liberal, but he may not be able to recover the equivalent of what he'd earn if he could continue to play.

[Cookie Lyon]

fug I would. Buy a bionic one with the money

LMAO!

[Mr. Scot]

For example, in North Carolina, there's a formula that determines how much body parts are worth and there's no formula that approaches even a million dollars for any body part. 

Boy, there's a chart I'd like to see.

[Cookie Lyon]

This is so sad.

[CarolinaSunday]

Boy, there's a chart I'd like to see.

There actually is a chart... This represents the absolute maximum you can recover. You're only going to get maximum recovery if you lose complete use of the body part. For example, an amputation. The "weeks" refers to the amount of your weekly wage loss benefits (which is 2/3 of your average weekly gross wages in the year prior to your injury. So, if you made $1,000.00 a week prior to your injury, your wage loss benefit would be $666.67).  This is North Carolina only, so not exactly applicable to the Giants player, but it can give an idea.