ST. LOUIS (AP) - A jury in St. Louis on Tuesday ordered the NFL's Rams to pay former running back Reggie Bush $12.5 million for a severe knee injury he suffered in 2015, the team's final season in St. Louis before moving to Los Angeles. The jury found the Rams 100 percent liable for Bush's injury and ordered the team to pay $4.95 million in compensatory damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Attorneys for the Rams said they plan to file a motion for a
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Photo: Ryan Michalesko, AP
In this Tuesday, June 5, 2018, photo, former NFL running back Reggie Bush leaves the Civil Courts building with his legal team in St. Louis. Bush says dangerous conditions at a St. Louis stadium led to a season-ending injury in a case that could leave the city on the hook for damages, even though the Rams are long gone. Bush was playing for the San Francisco 49ers in November 2015 when he slipped and fell in a game after being pushed out of bounds at the former Edward Jones Dome. (Ryan Michalesko/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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In this Tuesday, June 5, 2018, photo, former NFL running back Reggie Bush leaves the Civil Courts building with his legal team in St. Louis. Bush says dangerous conditions at a St. Louis stadium led to a
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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush is tended to by a trainer after slipping out of bounds after a running the ball during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, in St. Louis. Former NFL running back Reggie Bush says dangerous conditions at a St. Louis stadium led to a season-ending injury in a case that could leave the city on the hook for damages, even though the Rams are long gone. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that defendants in the civil trial, which began Tuesday, June 5, 2018, include two public entities. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush is tended to by a trainer after slipping out of bounds after a running the ball during the first quarter of an NFL football
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ST. LOUIS, MO - NOVEMBER 1: Reggie Bush #23 of the San Francisco 49ers is carted off the field after being injured in the second quarter against the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome on November 1, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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ST. LOUIS, MO - NOVEMBER 1: Reggie Bush #23 of the San Francisco 49ers is carted off the field after being injured in the second quarter against the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome on November 1, 2015
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San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush is tended to by a trainer after he slipped out of bounds after running the ball during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
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San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush is tended to by a trainer after he slipped out of bounds after running the ball during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams Sunday,
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Jury orders Rams to pay $12.5 million for Reggie Bush injury
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A jury in St. Louis on Tuesday ordered the NFL's Rams to pay former running back Reggie Bush $12.5 million for a severe knee injury he suffered in 2015, the team's final season in St. Louis before moving to Los Angeles.
The jury found the Rams 100 percent liable for Bush's injury and ordered the team to pay $4.95 million in compensatory damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Attorneys for the Rams said they plan to file a motion for a new trial.
Bush was playing for the San Francisco 49ers when he was pushed out of bounds during a game on Nov. 1, 2015, at what was then the Edward Jones Dome, now known as the Dome at America's Center. He slipped on a surface that the lawsuit dubbed the "concrete ring of death," about 35 feet (11 meters) behind the 49e
