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Buccaneers, former kicker Lawrence Tynes reach settlement in MRSA lawsuit

Former kicker Lawrence Tynes has reached a settlement with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Tynes has sued the team in 2015, seeking $20 million and claiming that unsanitary conditions at the Bucs' facility led to him contracting a MRSA infection in 2013 that ended his NFL career.

The settlement was reached on Feb. 10 without disclosing the terms, according to Hillsborough County court records.

Tynes was signed by the Bucs in 2013 but he never kicked for the team, as he was diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the start of training camp.

The lawsuit claimed the Bucs failed to disclose and actively concealed ongoing incidents of the infection among other individuals who used and visited the team's facilities.