Family of Deceased Pro Basketball Player Zeke Upshaw Sues NBA
Jewel Upshaw, the mother of Zeke Upshaw, a 26-year-old professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons’ Grand Rapids Drive NBA G League team, has sued the NBA in a wrongful death action.
On March 24, 2018, during the final minutes of the last game of the team's regular season, Upshaw suddenly collapsed to the floor, unconscious and in full cardiac arrest. The attorneys representing Upshaw, Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP (www.hmglawfirm.com), maintain that for more than five minut