LOS ANGELES -- According to report by The Sacramento Bee, Armond Armstead filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday against USC.
The suit charges that team doctors repeatedly administered the pain killer Toradol -- a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory pain killing drug -- to the former Trojans defensive lineman which they
believe caused him to suffer a heart attack. The suit also alleges that the school destroyed his chance to become a high-level NFL draft pick by blocking his attempts to transfer.
Armstead, now with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, missed the 2011 season at USC with an ailment that wasn’t made public at the time, and he would never suit up for the Trojans again.
A specific incident outlined in the 37-page suit takes place in February of 2011 when Armstead said he complained of chest pain three times during a workout and was injected with Toradol twice by medical personnel.
Named in the suit as defendants are the university, an unnamed pharmaceutical company, football team physician Dr. James Tibone and the University Health Center. No specific monetary amount is being sought at this time, but Armstead’s attorney, Roger A. Dreyer, said it could be in the tens of millions.
Armstead graduated from USC in December of 2011 and finished his career with 59 tackles and 2 sacks.
