{"id":16333,"date":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/paralysed-mckinnon-slammed-for-daring-to-sue\/"},"modified":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","slug":"paralysed-mckinnon-slammed-for-daring-to-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/paralysed-mckinnon-slammed-for-daring-to-sue\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralysed McKinnon slammed for \u201cdaring\u201d to sue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Alex McKinnon is doing the right thing by taking legal action over the tackle that left him a paraplegic, says Alex Ward.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s funny, on social media he\u2019s been quite criticised\u2026 for daring to bring a claim. Isn\u2019t that interesting?\u201d Alex told FIVEAA brekkie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got to look after himself and presumably his family\u2026 this is all really expensive stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/298694738&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/what-the-mckinnon-case-could-mean-for-afl\"><strong>Alex explained why McKinnon is suing<\/strong><\/a> the players who tackled him, as well the league itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brings the case against the people who tackled him\u2026 but then that team\u2019s club is responsible for what their players do,\u201d Alex said. \u201cThat team\u2019s club will have insurance and if he\u2019s successful in his claim, the insurance will pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he sues the player or the three players who did it, the club takes up the responsibility. It\u2019s not the player themself who would pay, because they\u2019re the employees of the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club should cover and them and the club no doubt has insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex said any payout for McKinnon would be in the millions of dollars\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of that money is pre-spent on treatment and caring, modifications to his house and things like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a lot of money, but by no means think of it as a windfall.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/this-woman-s-in-flight-meal-looks-completely-inappropriate\"><strong>WOMAN\u2019S IN-FLIGHT MEAL LOOKS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/cricket-s-nastiest-feud-could-be-about-to-erupt-again\"><strong>CRICKET\u2019S NASTIEST FEUD COULD BE ABOUT TO ERUPT AGAIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex McKinnon is doing the right thing by taking legal action over the tackle that left him a paraplegic, says Alex Ward. \u201cIt\u2019s funny, on social media he\u2019s been quite criticised\u2026 for daring to bring a claim. Isn\u2019t that interesting?\u201d Alex told FIVEAA brekkie. \u201cHe\u2019s got to look after himself and presumably his family\u2026 this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-16333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paralysed McKinnon slammed for \u201cdaring\u201d to sue - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/paralysed-mckinnon-slammed-for-daring-to-sue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paralysed McKinnon slammed for \u201cdaring\u201d to sue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alex McKinnon is doing the right thing by taking legal action over the tackle that left him a paraplegic, says Alex Ward. \u201cIt\u2019s funny, on social media he\u2019s been quite criticised\u2026 for daring to bring a claim. 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