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Will the Dr. who got fired sue the NFLPA?

DrMultimedia said:
Why worry about it? Just my opinion.
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I'm curious to see how a union type organization that insists others follow their rules responds to a suit brought by a fired consultant based on misinformation or inaccurate information.

The fact that they are now stating publicly they shouldn't have fired him before their review was complete points to what I see as a possible "remedy" to blunt any legal challenge from the Dr. I suspect he might go after the NPA for unjustly trying to ruin his reputation.

As I understand it, you can bring suit against anybody for anything. It may be rejected by the courts, or it may make it to trial.

After all the heavy lame stream media coverage about the incident, I would expect the Dr. has a legitimate grievance.
 
Ray R said:
Will the Dr. who got fired sue the NFLPA?

The NFLPA now says they shouldn't have fired the Dr. before the review was completed.
Doesn't that make them culpable?
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I think they claimed he was "hostile" during the investigation.

If it leads to his expertise being questioned and prevents future employment opportunities I would almost guarantee there will be something filed.
 
Ray R said:
Will the Dr. who got fired sue the NFLPA?

The NFLPA now says they shouldn't have fired the Dr. before the review was completed.
Doesn't that make them culpable?
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Sure, why not?

The issue here isn't that he was fired.

The issue, IMO, is how his firing was publicized and the words used to describe his involvement or whatever you wanna call it.

I would find it hard to believe teams and players would have complete faith in him.

Therefore, he could theoretically claim or prove damages or losses by the way they handled it.

Any body can be fired. But not everybody gets their reputation destroyed in the media only to find out you did nothing wrong.

When a reputation is destroyed, facts no longer matter if you're found innocent.

Again, this is why that whole where there's smoke there's fire saying is utter garbage.

Whether he likes it or not, this accusation will always follow him (smoke). So if he is ever in this situation again he now has a pattern (fire)

Manufactured smokes causes manufactured fire
 
Ray R said:
Will the Dr. who got fired sue the NFLPA?

The NFLPA now says they shouldn't have fired the Dr. before the review was completed.
Doesn't that make them culpable?
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He should also sue the armchair medical expert lemmings who slandered him in the media and online. He can start with a certain crusader troll on our site.🤣🤣🤣
 
IMO. no doubt he sues. He probably wins big too. WTF is the union to judge a certified doctor that was hired for a specific task, as an independent contractor to monitior player integrity in his specialty. They then publicly fire him before the investigation is even finished. They need to fire Smith...
 
Very interesting question! A lot of doctors work for the NFL just to say they are an NFL doctor. It has to help their practice's PR.

By looking at the books over the next X months and then comparing the numbers to recent history, it should be easy to see if being fired by the NFL has a similar negative weight as the positive is from being hired by the NFL.
 
Ray R said:
Will the Dr. who got fired sue the NFLPA?

The NFLPA now says they shouldn't have fired the Dr. before the review was completed.
Doesn't that make them culpable?
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The NFL said that, not the NFLPA. I believe the contract with the UNT is with the NFLPA, and they very likely (based on my experience as an attorney) have a broad language termination clause in that agreement that protects them from any lawsuit.

Now, it depends what venue the contract is placed - Florida, New York or California - but ultimately theyre usually right to work states and they're very very very difficult to pursue for wrongful termination without it being a protected class issue.

However, as someone above pointed out, because they claimed he was fired for both being hostile and for not understanding his role, and publicly stated he made several procedural mistakes. If he can prove he made absolutely zero mistake, he could have a defamation case against the NFLPA for tweeting that out. This is FAR out of my realm - I have absolutely zero experience with slander/libel cases so this is theoretical
 
GRYPHONK said:
I really hope he does

Would love for the emails between d.Smith, Tretter, the NFLPA and the NFL to be brought up during discovery.

Would LOVE to see their communications these past 14 days
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Almost assuredly would be redacted information, as it discusses patient information. Look at most email submissions in med mal cases.
 
CANDolphan said:
Almost assuredly would be redacted information, as it discusses patient information. Look at most email submissions in med mal cases.
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True, but I am not concerned about the medical information.

I'm interested in conspiracy stuff lol.
 
If he followed the protocols and guidelines that were implemented by the League and NFLPA and still was fired. An argument can be made about his right to sue. Especially in light of the publicity surrounding his firing and damage that could cause to future employment.
 
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