The lawsuit filed Monday by former Dolphins offensive line coach Jim Turner against Ted Wells and his law firm didn’t include the Dolphins or the NFL as defendants. That doesn’t mean the team or the league will never be added to the proceedings.
Based on what Turner’s lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, learns during the “discovery” phase of the suit against Wells and the Paul, Weiss firm, Ginsberg could decide to amend the complaint to add the team or the league as defendants. Alternatively, it’s possible (albeit highly unlikely) that Wells and Paul, Weiss could add the Dolphins or the NFL as “third-party defendants,” arguing that the any liability the lawyer and his firm may have to Turner traces to the team and/or the league.