BRENT, Ala. ( WBRC ) - New reaction Tuesday after a lawsuit was filed in a vicious dog attack that happened last week in Bibb County .

The lawsuit was filed after 81-year-old James Boyd was attacked by seven dogs while walking to his mailbox.

According to his attorney, Boyd remains in intensive care at UAB Hospital. We’re told he lost 50% of his body muscle. Patterson said this wasn’t a dog attack, but a brutal mauling.

On September 24, the country quiet was shattered by screams, cries for help and vicious dogs, all seven of them in the middle of a gravel driveway off Bibb County Road 58.

“The injuries were catastrophic. His scalp has been ripped from his head. He has gruesome injuries down his arms. These are life threatening injuries. Of all the years of our practice, this is t

See Full Page