A family is suing a California hotel after alleging that their relative died at the property from severe scalding burns caused by overheated shower water.

Terril Wade Johnson, Sr., 72, took a shower at the Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites San Jose Airport while staying with family in May, but he “never came out alive,” the lawsuit filed on October 15 states.

Newsweek reached out to Marriott and the plaintiffs' attorneys for comment.

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Johnson's family found him unresponsive, “partially submerged in water so dangerously hot that they could not touch him without burning themselves,” the lawsuit states.

“As they struggled desperately to save him, they were forced to watch in horror as his skin peeled away from his body. Emergency responders could only pronounce him dead,” at

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