Joe Jurevicius Sues the Browns

Joe Jurevicius, a former wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, has sued the Browns for negligence in regards to a staph infection he allegedly contracted in January of 2008. Jurevicius has also sued Cleveland Clinic. The report of this lawsuit was first uncovered by The Plain Dealer.

According to the lawsuit, the Browns didn’t tell him that its training areas weren’t clean. The lawsuit specifically points out Richard Figler and Anthony Miniaci, two physicians, who didn’t give Jurevicius proper warning.

Due to the staph infection, Jurevicius wasn’t able to play last year while under contract with the Browns. He did play in 2006 and 2007 with the Browns and totaled 90 receptions, six touchdowns and more than 1,100 receiving yards over that two-year span.

Prior to joining the Browns, he played from 1998 to 2001 with the New York Giants and from 2002 to 2004 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Seattle Seahawks were his team in the 2005 season. In his career, Jurevicius has 323 receptions, 4,119 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns. The best season of his career came in his lone season with the Seahawks where he pulled in 55 receptions, ten receiving touchdowns and 694 receiving yards.

According to the lawsuit, the 34-year-old Jurevicius may never be able to play professional football again due to the staph infection.

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