Overview

• Perrett filed a $5 million negligence claim in the NSW Supreme Court over a November 6, 2017 pre-season session at Narrabeen Sports Complex
• The statement of claim says performance coach Dan Ferris ordered no water breaks, causing Perrett to collapse from exertional heat stroke and remain comatose for two days
• Perrett attributes lasting disabilities—including impaired cognition, organ dysfunction, anxiety and chronic pain—to the incident and links them to the premature end of his NRL career
• Despite brief comebacks in 2018 and 2019, Perrett says he never regained his pre-incident form and lost substantial future earning capacity
• The lawsuit is the second high-profile player action before the Supreme Court after Jackson Topine’s case and follows the NRL’s adoption of heat-stress welfare guidelines