Former Packers Tremendous Bowl champion Brady Poppinga is suing a Los Angeles hospital and its medical doctors after his 17-year-old son, Julius, died final 12 months after struggling a lung blockage, based on TMZ.
Poppinga filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles earlier this week in opposition to Windfall Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Heart in Tarzana, Calif., alleging wrongful loss of life as a consequence of medical negligence, per the report.
The household is searching for unspecified damages, based on the outlet.
The household alleges they introduced Julius to the power final Aug. 27 whereas he skilled chest pains and respiratory points, and two days later he struggled to remain aware whereas battling a scarcity of breath.
Julius awoke “tearful and afraid” that day and advised his mom, Brooke, he believed “he was going to die,” per TMZ.
The household alleges that one physician “negligently and wrongfully concluded” Julius was struggling a panic assault after which prescribed his remedy earlier than he died shortly after, based on the report.
The lawsuit says an post-mortem revealed Julius died of a pulmonary embolism, which is a blot clod that blocks blood circulate within the lung, per mayoclinic.org.
Stories at the moment stated Julius died of a collapsed lung. He was a lacrosse and two-way soccer participant for Thousand Oaks (Calif.) Excessive College.
Brady posted a heartfelt message to his son on X after his loss of life.
“I would like to thank EVERYONE for their unbelievably beautiful, sweet and loving compassion sent our way,” he wrote final Aug. 31. “Julius is a special soul who has touched so many lives. He is missed, but we KNOW that through the Savior, we will see him and be with him again. #famliesareforever.”
Brady performed for the Packers, Cowboys, and Rams in his eight-season NFL profession, which spanned from 2005-12, with six of these seasons coming with Inexperienced Bay.
He appeared in six regular-season video games throughout Inexperienced Bay’s 2010 championship season.
The Packers drafted him within the fourth spherical of the 2005 NFL Draft out of BYU.
