Guest Sports News Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 [attach=full]20046[/attach](Reuters) - Former Super Bowl-winning kicker Lawrence Tynes is suing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for $20 million after contracting a MRSA infection in a toe on his kicking foot that prematurely ended his career, his lawyer said Tuesday. Lawyer Stephen Rosenthal said Tynes contracted the infection in 2013 at the Buccaneers' training facility. The lawsuit filed late Monday in Broward County Circuit Court in Florida accuses the team of negligence for failing to suitably sanitize the facility to prevent the spread of the potentially fatal infection. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is caused by a rare strain of staph bacteria resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary infections. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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