Alex McKinnon possibly Quadriplegic - Mclean guilty of dangerous throw - 7 weeks

[--Storm--]

Ingreat, after all the NRL done for him after he decided to duck his head to win a penalty he decides to sue them, hope he can sleep at night.

 

[some11]

Ingreat, after all the NRL done for him after he decided to duck his head to win a penalty he decides to sue them, hope he can sleep at night.

 

[macavity]

Ingreat, after all the NRL done for him after he decided to duck his head to win a penalty he decides to sue them, hope he can sleep at night.

Cam Smith, nice of you to join us.

 

[betcats]

Ingreat, after all the NRL done for him after he decided to duck his head to win a penalty he decides to sue them, hope he can sleep at night.

This is the type of comment you would expect from an ingrate fmd.

 

[Desert Qlder]

An out of court settlement will probably ensue.

Drugcastle supporters are a comical lot though. Feigning indignation about the 'tactics' of a Melbourne while not batting an eyelid at their own players driving Thurston's head into the turf.

It's cool, Knights players are allowed to break necks.

 

[Smirrors]

This really sounds like a can of worms. I could foresee any player getting injured suing the nrl regardless of being involved in illegal moves.

 

[cleary89]

Should phillip hughes family sue cricket australia?

 

[Parra]

It's up to them. And only them.

 

[Canard]

This really sounds like a can of worms. I could foresee any player getting injured suing the nrl regardless of being involved in illegal moves.

Your clearly ignorant of the history of our sport.

 

[DURRRHURRR]

Ingreat, after all the NRL done for him after he decided to duck his head to win a penalty he decides to sue them, hope he can sleep at night.

Surely this will be the defence to any case he has against the Storm. No one other than trolls wants to say it because of how everything ended up but the tackle was barely above the horizontal and the way he ducked his head was a major contributor to the injury.

 

[bottle]

Dear Lord.

 

[TimmyB]

I don't believe this sort of incident should be compensable under tort law. However, I fully support McKinnon's right to pursue it and make a claim. Anyone who doesn't is being unreasonable.

Will be interesting if it goes ahead. Read the McCracken judgment today, and I think it is a) not great precedent and b) can be distinguished from this situation.

At this stage it's all just speculation though, probably shouldn't believe divert thing you read. Fairfax quoting a sports lawyer days it all really. What has sports law got to do with this?!

 

[Ulysseus]

I don't believe this sort of incident should be compensable under tort law. However, I fully support McKinnon's right to pursue it and make a claim. Anyone who doesn't is being unreasonable.

Will be interesting if it goes ahead. Read the McCracken judgment today, and I think it is a) not great precedent and b) can be distinguished from this situation.

At this stage it's all just speculation though, probably shouldn't believe divert thing you read. Fairfax quoting a sports lawyer days it all really. What has sports law got to do with this?!

Crackers was partially helped by people already taking guilty pleas at an earlier level and then partially hindered by his own income out of football.
It is a weird situation that one, of course Crackers then got in shit for clearing a whole heap of land he shouldn't have.

 

[Ulysseus]

The Storm didn't invent lifting in a tackle, you f**king moron.

f**k son you are dense. :roll:

 

[POPEYE]

Ingreat, after all the NRL done for him after he decided to duck his head to win a penalty he decides to sue them, hope he can sleep at night.

There we go, a mirror image of Ulysseus/Tommy Smith. If Storm's not being facetious and let's hope he is albeit in poor taste, we have another f**king 2 dick wanker who associates Alex's plight with an opportunity for irrelevant bigotry

 

[typicalfan]

Alex has a lot of good will given to him from the Knights, NRL and the Storm. Surely it doesn't have to come to this. His decision 100% and without ever being in his situation I can't and won't judge on a personal level but on a PR level I don't know if this is the best move.

 

[macnaz]

On bsb this morning they said some bloke at wests broke his neck in the late 70's. They raised 30k for him and put it in a trust fund so he didnt get it as a lump sum. He's still withdrawing it today.

1.1m in a trust fund would probably last a lifetime. Combined with a job for life and the knights/nrl insurance covering his rehab I cant imagine he would ever struggle with money.

If he wants to sue then fair enough. He is entitled to. But he wont be getting any more of my money in this years rise for alex round and im sure most would hold a similar opinion.

Well said.

 

[macnaz]

Should phillip hughes family sue cricket australia?

And this also.

 

[macnaz]

Double post.

 

[Noa]

Entitled to do it but not the smartest move IMO. He may have "only" gotten 1.1 mil so far but you would expect ongoing support through fundraisers, donations etc would have been forthcoming his entire life not to mention any work and life experiences he may get through employment with the NRL.

He may receive none of this if he takes legal action.

And fwiw you only have to read the real time game thread to see quite a few posters thought he contributed to the injury ala Inglis.