A civil lawsuit and criminal charges have been filed after an investigation into how a 70-year-old nursing home patient died. 

The family of 72-year-old William Wolfe filed a civil lawsuit against Greenbriar Health Care Center, allegedly claiming that several employees or contractors of the center contributed to the death of Wolfe, who was admitted on March 28, 2015.

Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Michael McBride said the Attorney General's office has been investigating the man's death since 2015. 

The lawsuit states that at 10:05 on June 29, employees gave Wolfe a dose of extended release morphine that was not prescribed to him, and that Wolfe's family was not notified of the medical error. 

Wolfe was found the next morning unresponsive and was taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

According to McBride, the A.G.'s office determined that three employees of the nursing home not only contributed to the Wolfe's death but committed criminal offenses in the days after. 

The lawsuit states that Wolfe could be expected to live an additional 13 years if the incident wouldn't have occurred. 

McBride said charges in the lawsuit stem from how Greenbriar handled the death, but would not comment more on the nature of that specification. 

The suit seeks damages in excess of $25,000 for Wolfe's siblings and family. 

The A.G.'s office filed state complaints earlier this month charging three women in the case. 

40-year-old Brenda Lamancusa, of Girard, has been charged with one count of patient abuse.

29-year-old Johonna Hull, who has addresses listed in Canfield and East Liverpool, has also been charged with patient abuse and faces an additional charge of tampering with records. According to the court docket, the date of offense for tampering with records is listed July 1, 2015, two days after the patient's death.

Complaints by the state also accuse 51-year-old Beth Bowman, of Wellsville, of patient abuse, and the same charge of tampering with evidence two days after the victim's death. 

Lamancusa and Hull have both pleaded not guilty to the charges, and are scheduled to reappear in court later next month. 

Bowman has not yet appeared in court. 

The case has been assigned to Mahoning Common Pleas Judge Maureen Sweeney's court. If a settlement is not reached July 24, a final pretrial is set for September 7 and a jury trial date set for September 26.

The lawsuit was filed against South 1 Leasing Company, LLC doing business as Greenbriar Health Care Center.