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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Disabled man dies after 20-pound bowel obstruction went untreated

A wrongful death lawsuit filed against a group home in Ohio claims the staff ignored weeks of warning signs before a resident died from a massive bowel obstruction that grew so severe it weighed more than 20 pounds.

James Stewart, 41, who had “intellectual and/or developmental disabilities” and a known “history of constipation,” was taking medications that caused severe gastrointestinal side effects, according to the lawsuit viewed by The Independent.

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