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Liability on injury treatment

Guest Rojik of the Arctic
Guest Rojik of the Arctic
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Does the club cover itself or can it be held liable for injury treatment? What I mean is if a player is injured and the club recommends a certain type of surgery to get the player back quicker than the normal but it doesn't work is the club liable or would come down to the doctors/due diligence/waivers? Any thoughts?

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    I'd imagien that they would take the advice of a medical expert onboard when making these decisions, then present the advice to the player for their consideration

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    Does the club cover itself or can it be held liable for injury treatment? What I mean is if a player is injured and the club recommends a certain type of surgery to get the player back quicker than the normal but it doesn't work is the club liable or would come down to the doctors/due diligence/waivers? Any thoughts?

    What's your point? Where are you going with this?

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    What's your point? Where are you going with this?

    No where we have to worry about. It came because a Carlton supporter I know was thinking out loud about this in relation to Fisher and the LARS surgery. I thought it was an interesting question so I thought I'd ask around.

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    If the club employs doctors, they're required to have professional indemnity insurance, so if a club's doctors act negligently to one of our players, then they can be sued, as can the club, but the insurance will cover the doctor and the club would have insurance for business risks also.

    I'd be interested to know whether the club insures players wages against injury risks though.

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