Former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has been diagnosed with COVID-19-related myocarditis and has not played in the NBA since 2020. The 2012 second overall pick had acute chest pain in December 2020 and was advised not to play basketball. Now, the former Kentucky star is suing an insurance company over a denial of coverage claim.
According to his attorney, Jason Morrin, Kidd-Gilchrist made a claim to Lloyd’s of London 'for coverage under the policy due to permanent total disablement arising from a sickness.' Morrin says the policy provided coverage if Kidd-Gilchrist was unable to continue 'his occupation as a professional basketball player.' However, the suit says that the company 'refused to fully insure the damage caused by the loss for which plaintiff sought coverage.
The forward averaged 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in his career. Kidd-Gilchrist averaged 11.9 points and 7.4 boards per game his lone year at Kentucky, when he won a national championship.