The Illinois Appellate Court has ruled that former Bears Waymond Bryant and Cid Edwards can bring malpractice suits against Dr. Theodore Fox for the way the team physician treated injuries they received in 1975 and 1977. The court ruled that Fox wasn`t an employee of the Bears and thus Bryant, a linebacker, and Edwards, a running back, weren`t barred from proceeding against Fox in personal injury suits because of the Workers Compensation Act. The court remanded the case back to Cook County Circuit Court Judge Edwin Berman for a determination of whether the Bears are covered by workers compensation. If they aren`t, the former players also can pursue malpractice suits against the team.
The Los Angeles Coliseum Commission has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in Superior Court against the Los Angeles Raiders, who announced last month they were moving to Irwindale, Calif., as soon as possible. The suit, which seeks more than $50 million in damages, alleges that the Raiders violated their lease.
Gamblers looking for an edge had a field day as oddsmakers throughout Las Vegas began accepting their first bets on this weekend`s NFL games. Odds that rarely vary more than a half-point from sports book to sports book were as much as four points apart. The wide range of point spreads gave serious bettors the opportunity to go from sports book to sports book, looking to bet at the most favorable odds or ”scalp” the games by betting both sides of a wide spread.
Indy-car driver Roberto Guerrero is making a remarkable recovery from head injuries suffered in a Sept. 10 crash and should be out of the hospital in a few days, according to Dr. Stephen Olvey. Tentative plans call for Guerrero to be released from Indianapolis Methodist Hospital by the end of this week or the first of next week. ”He`s really able to 95 percent care for himself,”
Olvey said. ”He really only needs assistance to help him walk from one place to another, and that`s just because he`s a bit unsteady.”
ABC`s Al Michaels has been named outstanding sports host and CBS` John Madden won the award for best analyst at the Sports Emmy Awards. NBC and ABC each won five Emmys. CBS won three. Turner Broadcasting won four awards, all for its coverage of the 1986 Goodwill Games. CBS` Daytona 500 telecast was cited as the outstanding live sports special. The network`s NBA coverage was honored as outstanding live sports series.
