Pssst: Former Cat Matthew Egan settles foot claim out of court

By Jon Pierik
Updated February 6 2016 - 7:13pm, first published 6:16pm
Matthew Egan will be Essendon's VFL coach this season and head of player development. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
Matthew Egan will be Essendon's VFL coach this season and head of player development. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo

Former Geelong defender Matthew Egan has quietly dropped his legal case and settled out of court against the Cats' former club doctor and an orthopaedic surgeon for negligence after a foot injury prematurely ended his career. Egan, 31, had played every home and away game for the Cats in 2007 before being injured in round 22 in a marking contest with Brisbane Lion Jonathan Brown, forcing him to miss out on playing in the team's grand final win over Port Adelaide. In a writ filed with the Supreme Court in August, 2014, Egan sued orthopaedic surgeon Mark Blackney and Geelong club doctor Chris Bradshaw — who has since joined Collingwood — for negligence over the medical treatment he received after sustaining a stress fracture to his navicular bone in his right foot when playing for the Cats on September 1, 2007. Egan did not play another game, and was delisted by the Cats in 2010. However, court documents show "this proceeding has resolved" and the listed February 16 trial date has now been "vacated" and there was "no order as to costs". Egan will be Essendon's VFL coach this season and head of player development.

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