Stinchcomb v. Presbyterian Medical Care Corp.

STEPHENS, Judge.

I. Factual Background

Plaintiff Matthew Stinchcomb is a former professional football player most recently of the National Football League team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On 18 October 2005, Defendant Dr. Craig D. Brigham performed lumbar disc surgery on Plaintiff. During the surgery, Plaintiff’s dura was injured in what is termed an incidental durotomy. Due to repairs required to correct the incidental durotomy, Plaintiff’s surgery took longer than anticipated and Plaintiff was under general anesthesia for longer than he would have been had there been no such injury. In…