Jury orders Rams to pay Reggie Bush nearly $12.5M for 2015 injury
A St. Louis jury ruled in favor of former running back Reggie Bush on Tuesday.
The jury ordered the Los Angeles Rams to pay Bush $4.95 million in compensatory damages and another $7.5 million in punitive damages for the injury he suffered at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis in 2015, according to Joel Currier of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Rams were found 100 percent liable for the season-ending knee injury Bush suffered in a Nov. 1 game as a member of the San Francisco 49ers. Bush slipped on what his 2016 lawsuit called a "concrete ring of death" after being pushed out of bounds, severely injuring his knee. The concrete surface was covered with rubber padding two weeks later.
The Rams moved to Los Angeles the season following the injury.
"I'm very happy with the verdict," Bush told the Post-Dispatch. "The people spoke and decided very fairly."
Bush's lawyer had asked for a judgment ranging from $10 million to $15 million, arguing that the running back was in line for a three-year contract in that range at the time.
He signed a one-year, $1.5-million contract with the Buffalo Bills for the 2016 season and said in December that he plans to retire.
Rams spokeswoman Joanna Hunter didn't comment on the verdict, while attorneys for the team said they plan to file a motion for a new trial.