| Ex Hockey
Player Steve Downie Sues For Insurance
Citing Loss of Brain Function
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 7 – Steve Downie sued
Lloyd's Underwriters because
he can no longer be a
professional hockey player
due, his lawyers says, to his
"loss of brain
function."
On January
7, U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Debra C.
Freeman held a proceeding.
Inner City Press covered
it.
Downie
played forward for the NHL's
Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay
Lightning, Colorado Avalanche,
Pittsburgh Penguins and
Arizona Coyotes. Then to the
minor leagues, the American
Hockey League's Springfield
Thunderbirds in Massachusetts.
An issue
was how to depose in Canada.
Judge Freeman said to hurry it
along.
She gave one
final extension of time for
this. Downie's lawyers said,
"Deposition preparation is
very difficult to do remotely
with someone in Mr. Downie's
condition."
The case is
Downie v. Lloyd's Underwriters
et al., 19-cv-6620 (Freeman)
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