Judge Reconsiders Boxer’s Claim That a Physician’s Mistakes Exacerbated a Severe Brain Injury in the Ring

A New York State Supreme Court judge has reconsidered her earlier ruling and will allow a medical malpractice action brought by a professional boxer and his family against a ringside physician to go forward.   The underlying claim of boxer Magomed Abdusalamov was that defendant Gerard P. Varlotta failed to properly recognize that he had suffered a traumatic brain injury during the actual fight or when he examined him after the contest. Specifically, the plaintiff pointed to defendant Vartot