FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — A New Hampshire man is suing Gabriel House in Fall River for “the wrongful death of his mother,” who was one of ten residents who died from injuries sustained in the facility’s July 13 fire .

James Duddy filed the suit Thursday in Bristol Superior Court against both Gabriel House and Fire Systems, Inc of Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

His mother, Margaret Duddy, was a Gabriel House died from injuries sustained in the fire at the age of 69.

Gabriel House owner Dennis A. Etzkorn and Karen Etzkorn were also personally named in the suit.

The suit states in part:

The defendant, Gabriel Care LLC, its agents, servants and employees, were negligent by their acts or omissions, in the management, staffing, training, supervision, and maintenance of the Gabriel House.

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