A lawsuit filed May 25, 2011 in Galveston County Court at Law No. 2 argues that the facility, doing business as Heartstone at Texas City, and one of its physicians failed to provide the decedent adequate care and treatment for his wounds and thus contributed to his death last September.
Dr. Folasade M. Ojo, Heartstone Management Inc. and IPH Health Care Services Inc. are also defendants in the case.
The original petition shows Christopher Murphy was admitted for residency requiring minimal assistance on May 8, 2010.
An apparent fall three weeks later caused him to be taken to nearby Mainland Medical Center for observation.
According to the suit, doctors diagnosed Christopher Murphy with "infected wounds to the buttocks, feet and legs" and "acute renal failure."
They reported to his family "that he did not have injuries related to a fall," it says.
Christopher Murphy died on Sept. 3, 2010.
The report from his subsequent autopsy revealed the cause of death to be sepsis from pseudo membranous colitis, severe sacral decubitus ulcer and urinary tract infection.
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