Orioles Outfielder Nolan Reimold Sues Johns Hopkins Hospital
BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) -- Baltimore Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold slapped Johns Hopkins Hospital with a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
Derek Valcourt has details on how Reimold says the hospital hurt him.
This all centers on a surgery Reimold had in 2012. He says doctors let him back in the game too soon.
Nolan Reimold was a rising star in 2009 but physical injuries started taking a toll and in June of 2012, doctors at Johns Hopkins ordered surgery to fuse two of his neck bones together, causing Reimold to miss the rest of the season.
"It's disappointing. I wanted to not just individually but collectively too, because the team has been playing well," Reimold said at the time.
About seven months after the surgery, doctors cleared him to return to baseball---but this lawsuit filed by Reimold's attorneys claims Hopkins and the doctor negligently misinterpreted that Reimold's neck bones had fused together when they had not.
After a brief return to the Orioles, he was forced to leave again for a second surgery.
"It's a collosal mistake," said his attorney Hassan Murphy.
Attorney Hassan Murphy says the doctor erred in releasing Reimold to play in spite in contrary X-rays. A second surgery was successful and Reimold's now back with the O's, although for now not on the major league roster. His lawyers say the doctor and Hopkins should be held responsible for the time he missed on the field in the prime of his life.
"Nolan has played for two years with minor league contacts, which would have never been the case had his career not been derailed the way it had been," Murphy said.
A spokesman for the hospital says due to privacy and the litigation, there's little they can say on the matter, other than "We believe that Johns Hopkins met the standards of care for this particular surgery."
Reimold's attorneys say they will ask for millions of dollars in damages. The case could take up to two years before going to trial.
