After former Tennessee Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan revealed he had filed a lawsuit alleging his 2020 ACL surgery was done incorrectly, more details surrounding the lawsuit have emerged.
According to court documents, Lewan is suing orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, Benjamin Sherman, Baptist Health Care, Inc., Baptist Medical Group, LLC, and the Andrews Institute ASC, LLC.
The former first-round pick alleges that the surgery was botched and caused “permanent injury to his right knee, and surrounding structures, tendons, cartilage, and ligaments.”
The suit also claims that “as a result of defendants’ negligent acts and omissions, plaintiff Taylor Lewan’s career in the NFL was cut short.”
“We cannot comment on patients or pending litigation,” Christian Garman of the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine said when asked for comment.
Lewan first revealed the lawsuit on Twitter via a clip of him talking about the case on “Bussin’ With The Boys” earlier this week but said he couldn’t go into detail for the time being.
“I have filed a lawsuit alleging that the doctor/entities who did my surgery during the 2020 season did it incorrectly,” he wrote in a Tweet.
Lewan ended up returning to the field the next season after the procedure, but he tore the same ACL once again in 2022, costing him all but two games. The Titans cut him earlier this offseason.
The 31-year-old hasn’t announced his retirement from the NFL, but this suit hints he may have no choice but to.
