giants Backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor is suing charger Team Physician David S. Gazzaniga and the Newport Orthopedic Institute have ruled Taylor’s medical malpractice resulting from a lung puncture while on duty with the Chargers. According to ESPN’s findingsIt was in 2020 when I was being treated for a rib injury that I had a punctured lung. Taylor wants at least $5 million.
Trials, originally scheduled for November, are now scheduled to begin in April due to the NFL’s schedule. The lawsuit was filed in May 2021.
Taylor suffered a punctured lung before the Week 2 game against the Chargers. Chief As Gazzaniga tried to administer pain injections to Taylor’s fractured ribs. Taylor led the Chargers to a season opener win. bengalsin the lawsuit, said he suffered “serious physical distress leading to hospitalization, physical therapy, emotional distress, and other past afflictions.”
Taylor’s attorneys say Gazzaniga’s “negligence, negligence, other misconduct, misconduct, and misconduct” caused Taylor to lose his first job to then-rookie quarterback Justin Herbert, 2020. Herbert earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors as the Chargers finished the year with a 7–9 record.
The 2020 season was Taylor’s second and final year in Los Angeles. He spent the 2021 season with Houston, making six starts before getting injured and spending most of the season on the sidelines due to the appearance of Davis Mills. He signed with the Giants this offseason and is now Daniels’ backup to Jones.
