BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An attorney for physicians accused of amputating a man’s penis during an alleged circumcision filed a motion on Tuesday to dismiss the lawsuit and said the claims against his clients are false.
Mike Florie said his clients, Dr. Michael Bivins and Dr. Alan Aikens, never performed a procedure on Johnny Lee Banks Jr. that involved the removal of tissue or the amputation of the man’s penis.
Banks’ attorney, John Graves, filed a malpractice suit July 22 accusing the doctors and their medical groups of malpractice, negligence and other wrongdoing. It seeks an unspecified amount of money. The two doctors, the Urology Centers of Alabama and Simon-Williamson Clinic were named as defendants in the suit.
Florie said in a statement that he’s also planning to seek sanctions and disciplinary actions against Graves and his law firm. Graves filed the lawsuit on Banks’ behalf before reviewing any of the man’s medical records, Florie said.
“That’s an absolute true statement,” Graves said Tuesday afternoon. “I feel pretty certain that when we file our response to the motion to dismiss and the motion for sanctions, our reasoning will be abundantly clear.”