Alabama baseball coaches, trainer facing lawsuit for alleged mistreatment of ex-player

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Three members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff are being sued for allegedly mishandling a former player’s injury.

According to court documents filed in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court, coach Brad Bohannon, pitching coach Jason Jackson and athletic trainer Sean Stryker are facing a lawsuit for wantonness, alleged negligence and breach of agreement for their handling of former pitcher Johnny Blake Bennett's arm injury.

The defense is seeking to dismiss the suit. A hearing is scheduled for June 20.

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An Alabama Crimson Tide ball in a dugout during a game in Baton Rouge, La., May 10, 2014. (John Korduner/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"The university does not comment on pending litigation but looks forward to sharing the actual facts with the court," the school's athletic department said in a prepared statement.

"The mental and physical well-being of its student-athletes is of the utmost importance to the university. We have supreme confidence in our coaching staffs and provide our student-athletes with access to the best sports medicine personnel and sports psychology practitioners in the country."

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Per the complaint, a couple of weeks after Bennett was injured, he began to struggle to control his pitches. The suit alleges Bohannon, Jackson and Stryker played a role in the mismanagement of Bennett's recovery.

An Alabama Crimson Tide cap in the dugout during a game between Alabama and the LSU Tigers May 12, 2018, at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.