Hulk Hogan's Family Considering Filing Medical Malpractice Lawsuit amid Concerns About His Death: Reports Sean NeumannOctober 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM 0 Julio Aguilar/Getty Hulk Hogan New court filings reportedly show Hulk Hogan's family is considering filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in connection wi...
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Sean NeumannOctober 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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New court filings reportedly show Hulk Hogan's family is considering filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in connection with his death
Hogan died on July 24 at the age of 71
The legal petition filed Tuesday reportedly asks for 90 more days for the family's legal representatives to investigate the possibility of filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, which names two local hospitals and surgeons
The family of late professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan is considering filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in connection with his unexpected death this past July, according to new reports.
Local Fox 13 and NBC 6 reported on Thursday, Oct. 2 that Hogan's family filed for a 90-day extension for the statute of limitations surrounding the possible malpractice lawsuit, as the investigation into the longtime WWE star's death continues.
A copy of the Pinellas County filing made by Hogan's family this week, published by NBC 6, names Tampa General, Morton Plant Hospital, two specific medical officials "and any and all other applicable health care providers" as possible defendants in a potential medical malpractice lawsuit.
PEOPLE has reached out to spokespersons at both hospitals for comment, with Tampa General declining to comment. Morton Plant has not responded on Friday.
Messages left with the two surgeons named in the Hogan family's legal petition — a spine surgeon with Morton Plant Hospital and a cardiac surgeon with Tampa General — also went unreturned. PEOPLE also reached out to the local Pinellas County Clerk's Office for more information regarding the petition and legal process.
If approved, legal representatives for Hogan's estate, his widow Sky Daily, and his son Nicholas Hogan would have 90 days from Sept. 30 to explore filing a medical malpractice lawsuit, according to a copy of the filing published by NBC 6.
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From left: Nick Hogan, Brooke Hogan, Linda Hogan and Hulk Hogan
Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, died at a local hospital after collapsing at his Clearwater, Fla., home on July 24. He was 71 years old.
The local Pinellas County medical examiner determined Hogan's death was caused by cardiac arrest, PEOPLE previously reported. Medical records showed the 12-time world champion had a previously unknown leukemia diagnosis and also had been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a disorder that causes irregular heart beats and can trigger cardiac arrest.
But according to reports this week by Fox 13 and NBC 6, Hogan's family is looking closely at allegations that a surgeon severed his vital phrenic nerve during a recent surgery, allegedly studying whether the claimed surgical accident led to complications that caused Hogan's death this past summer.
Hogan's widow Sky Daily alleged to TMZ in August that her husband's phrenic nerve was "compromised" during a recent surgery.
Longtime friend and manager Jimmy Hart told PEOPLE one day after his sudden death in July that Hogan was seemingly "doing great" in just before then, despite recent health complications. "Just overnight it all happened, but it was so positive the day before," Hart said at the time.
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In the weeks following Hogan's death, daughter Brooke Hogan also publicly mulled theories about her dad's death and whether someone was responsible. Hogan's daughter questioned on social media and in interviews why there was no autopsy performed on her father soon after his death, which she referred to as a "mystery."
Hogan previously filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in 2013 against another local Florida spine surgeon, which was later dismissed, Pinellas County Court records show.
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