A group home in Ohio allowed a man with "intellectual and/or developmental disabilities" and a "history of constipation" to go weeks without a bowel movement, leading to a "massive" collection of impacted feces in his colon that "weighed over 20 pounds" and killed him, a lawsuit says.

"Defendants did nothing for weeks to help James," a legal complaint filed by James Stewart's family charges, accusing the Clear Skies Ahead group home in Bazetta Township of causing the 41-year-old's "entirely avoidable death."

Stewart had a history of "autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder with impulse control disorder." He was taking medications for his "intellectual disorders" that caused severe constipation, according to the complaint, and was residing at Clear Skies b

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