Former LSU player sues school, medical center after emergency brain surgery

October 11, 2024

By Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports: Greg Brooks Jr., the former LSU football player and team captain whose career ended after the discovery of a brain tumor last fall, is suing the school and its affiliated medical center for negligence. Brooks is accusing coaches of inaction and trainers of misdiagnosis as well as levying claims against the surgeon who operated on him.

The 13-page lawsuit, filed in August in East Baton Rouge Parish and obtained on Thursday by Yahoo Sports, unearths unreported details of the timeline of events last year related to Brooks’ unexpected turn of events — from a star safety in the SEC with NFL aspirations to a now “permanently disabled” man who still, a year after surgery, cannot walk.

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Former LSU player Greg Brooks Jr. files lawsuit against school, medical center for negligence that led to emergency brain surgery

The suit details the start of Brooks’ symptoms while at LSU football practice last August to his emergency surgery. He participated in two football games before an MRI scan discovered the brain tumor.

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