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A month after John Timiriasieff's right leg was amputated at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, homicide detectives recovered the limb from a dumpster.

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A Florida man is suing Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables after his amputated leg was found in a dumpster with his name tag still attached.

John Timiriasieff, 56, had his right leg removed from below the knee at Doctors Hospital in October 2014. A month later, homicide detectives visited his Key Largo home to ask why his limb was found at a waste facility, The New York Daily News reports.

Initially, the detectives suspected foul play. However, the Miami Herald says the real story was about hospital sanitation. The hospital failed to incinerate the amputated leg and instead threw it into the garbage.

Timiriasieff says he filed a lawsuit with the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court on April 29 and claimed the hospital caused him emotional distress, the Herald continues to report.

The lawsuit describes the hospital's conduct as "outrageous and beyond the bounds of human decency as to be regarded as odious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community."

Hospital officials tell NBC Miami that they don't know how the mistake was made. In a statement, Doctors Hospital says:

Timiriasieff doesn't specify if how much he's seeking in damages, nor what condition led him to have his leg amputated. But his attorney, Clay Roberts, says Timiriasieff was upset that his private medical information had not been protected.

A spokesman from Doctors Hospital refused to provide further comment, citing patient privacy, the Daily News adds.