Portland Timbers vs. Club Atletico Independiente

PORTLAND, OREGON - July 26, 2011 - The Portland Timbers' Eddie Johnson shoots through a Club Atletico Independiente defender at Jeld-Wen Field, Tue., Jul. 26, 2011, in Portland, Ore. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

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Former Portland Timbers forward Eddie Johnson's $9.9 million personal injury lawsuit against the Timbers remains ongoing more than two years after the case was originally filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

The lawsuit claims that negligence by the Timbers and their doctors caused Johnson, who retired from professional soccer in April 2012 due to concussion symptoms, to suffer permanent brain injury.

An amended complaint was recently filed on January 26, 2016.

The new complaint lists Sam Friedenberg as the conservator for Johnson and the plaintiff in the case. According to the lawsuit, the court appointed Friedenberg as conservator for "Edward Johnson, a severely injured person, and this action is brought for the benefit of Mr. Johnson."

The defendants in the case have been amended and are now listed as the Portland Timbers (under the name Peregrine Sports, LLC), Oregon Sports Medicine Associates, P.C., Jonathan E. GreenLeaf, M.D., Nikolas B. Wald, Providence Health & Services - Oregon and Providence Health & Services.

Along with negligence, the lawsuit also now claims that defendant Oregon Sports Medicine Associates, P.C. and defendant Providence Health & Services and/or Providence Health and Services - Oregon violated Employer Liability Law by failing to use "every care and precaution that was practicable, without regard for additional cost, to protect the employee players from head injuries associated with the job."

The Oregonian/OregonLive will continue to follow up as this story develops. More information about the lawsuit is included in our original post:

-- Jamie Goldberg | jgoldberg@oregonian.com

503-853-3761 | @jamiebgoldberg