Shahid Paulhill Suing Lions: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

February 17, 2016   ·   Adam Wells   ·   Jump to comments

Shahid Paulhill, a defensive tackle who took part in the NFL's super regional combine tryout at Ford Field in 2014, is suing the Detroit Lions. 
Per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Paulhill said he was "injured when a piece of falling metal hit him in the head" during the tryout two years ago and is suing the Lions and Downtown Detroit Building Authority for "more than $25,000."
Paulhill said in his lawsuit filed Tuesday that it was "a section of tubular metal approximately two feet in length" that fell from the stadium. His attorney, Mike Norman, added in Birkett's report that the legal team is still trying to determine exactly what the item was that injured Paulhill. 
Rod Ardoin, Paulhill's agent, told Birkett that "a pipe fell from the field and actually, in the stadium, and actually hit Shahid in the head." He added that Paulhill suffered "a substantial concussion" and the doctors at Ford Field that day did not let...

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