Sharrif Floyd, a former defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, will file a $180 million lawsuit in a Florida court on Tuesday against Dr. James Andrews, the Andrews Institute for Orthopedic Surgery and others.
A source told ESPN's Dan Graziano that, according to the lawsuit, Floyd in September 2016 went to the Institute for what he was told would be a routine arthroscopic surgery. He would require three to four weeks of recovery.
But once doctors began the process to operate, they determined Floyd needed microfracture surgery. That required them to drill into the bone, which caused bleeding and required him to receive a post-operation pain blocker.