{"id":411379,"date":"2024-07-11T07:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411379"},"modified":"2024-07-11T08:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T08:06:55","slug":"all-australian-sues-afl-eagles-and-club-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411379","title":{"rendered":"All-Australian sues AFL, Eagles and club doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

F\ufefformer West Coast<\/a> defender Brad Sheppard is suing his former club, the AFL and two Eagles doctors, claiming medical negligence.<\/p>\n

Sheppard, who was forced to retire in 2021 after suffering two serious on field concussions, believes he has suffered losses due to negligence of key stakeholders during his career.<\/p>\n

He is suing, alleging he has experienced serious losses due to neglect and breach of contract\ufeff.<\/p>\n

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Sheppard has lodged a document with the Supreme Court of Western Australia\ufeff.<\/p>\n

In that, Sheppard called out the Eagles, the AFL and two club doctors, Gerard Taylor and Alex Strahan as defendants.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Sheppard\"<\/p>\n

Sheppard, who sadly missed out on the Eagles' 2018 premiership due to a hamstring injury, has been suffering such bad concussion symptoms, that he was forced to quit his job at a car dealership last year, he claims.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old also alleges that the concussion he suffered during the western derby against rivals Fremantle in 2021 caused him setbacks for the six months following the incident.<\/p>\n

The AFL has declared they are "aware" of Sheppard's claim.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Brad<\/p>\n

"We are aware of the matter and will abide by the court's directive," Jay Allen from the AFL said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

While Sheppard did not win a premiership during his 216-game career, he is a 2020 All-Australian, as well as a winner of the Glendinning-Allan medal for his best on ground performance in the western derby in 2019.\ufeff<\/p>\n

In regards to concussion, all AFL and AFLW players are now required to undergo 12 days minimum on the sidelines after suffering head trauma.<\/p>\n

\"Brad<\/p>\n

Four players have been forced to medically retire in 2024 due to\ufeff ongoing head trauma.<\/p>\n

Melbourne's Angus\ufeff Brayshaw, Western Bulldogs draftee Aiden O'Driscoll, premiership Magpie Nathan Murphy and Collingwood youngster Josh Carmichael have all retired this season due to concussion impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

F\ufefformer West Coast defender Brad Sheppard is suing his former club, the AFL and two Eagles doctors, claiming medical negligence. Sheppard, who was forced to […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":411382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=411379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411388,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411379\/revisions\/411388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/411382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=411379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=411379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=411379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}