Good!

I've listened to a few interviews from him, sounds like Payton and the team doctors really screwed him over.

He said he told Payton numerous times that there was something more wrong with his leg than initially reported and Payton ignored it and trusted the doctors.

Turns out it was broken and Payton gave him attitude when he couldn't perform properly.

It is likely that my wife's company will be handling the suit. She is a malpractice adjustor whose company insures virtually all the hospitals and doctors in Louisiana. She covers the entire northern half of the state so this wouldn't be one of her cases, but I would be surprised if any information ever comes out to the public. Very seldom do any of these cases ever reach court and therefore there are no public records. I'll ask her about it, but she can't share information, as you can well imagine. Louisiana is one of the most litigious states in the nation and cases that do end up in court are usually years down the road.

Also, if there is truly a chance of a doctor or facility being negligent and causing material harm there is commonly a settlement via mediation which includes a non-disclosure agreement.

In other words, don't hold your breath for anything coming out. Sorry to burst your bubble, JP. Just the straight scoop.

In addition, Louisiana has a malpractice cap of $500,000 even if a court awards millions. If there were clear negligence that would be a clean cut settlement ... under the radar.

Very much familiar with the world of malpractice, reinsurrance, subrogation et al...

But how many of your wife's, or rather her contemporaries' cases involved a New Orleans Saint?

If it doesn't come to light, it'll be because Greg Bensel, Dennis Lauscha, Ben Hales, Mickey Loomis, Sean Payton, Vicky Neumeyer et al counsel do a side deal with OHP and insist on an NDA as part of the settlement...

But I still would like the facts to come to light and this is why...

Yes, I do know some things via friends that I can't compromise their trust; they're at least two members in this community who know I'm not BS'ing on this...

That said, they're some injuries where some players get a bad wrap in the press because of a wink-wink, nod-nod agreement with the press and others to pressure a player back...

This has happened in more than one coaching regime with the Saints and I'd hoped it'd be different with the current regime...

I'll say that I don't believe that to be the case and that I feel Del Breaux caught a raw deal and fans should know...

He's a local boy, who loves all people, and wanted so much to bring Lombardi Gras to us; IMHO, his injury was misdiagnosed, mismanaged and they're several parties who should pay for that fubar situation...

Also have friendlies with the Press here; they have bills, families, et cetera, but if this were NYC, ATL, CHI, DAL, LA, Sean Payton would've had his head handed to him, rightfully so, long ago...

But Del Breaux should be made whole, and the Saints should do their part in that and embrace him as a former Saint and into the Saints community once again...

And then we can talk WestBank...

And that is bad law, and this is why...

I'm no fan of trial lawyers, or lawyers in general; I've exactly two friends who happen to be lawyers, one is in subrogation and the other now does personal injury...

But all that malpractice cap is done is give actuaries a number to plug in to absorb those cases, causing everyone's medical bills to go up to absorb that cost...

Now, take that cap away and bad doctors can be sued out of practice, and that's as it should be - the market correcting itself...

But one thing you're right about, they're are many settlements that go for much more as the depositions for those doctors can get quite personal...

Once knew one who had to admit to three affairs in one day, no wonder she was exhausted with her patients; but her divorce proved to be more costly...