The family of an autistic man in Central Florida filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a group home facility and its owners after the man died while allegedly being improperly restrained by staff.

According to the lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Orange County, Florida, on Jan. 21, Caleb Walker lived with autism spectrum disorder and an intellectual disability. Walker resided at Oconee Group Home, a residential group home facility, beginning in 2018. Attain Inc. operated the group home and has maintained residential group homes for community members living with developmental disabilities for the past 20 years, according to the complaint. Oconee Group Home is a residential group home under an umbrella company owned by Crystal Lake Supportive Environments.