MINNEAPOLIS — The family of a man who overdosed on methadone at the Minneapolis Veterans Home in 2012 is suing the state Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The lawsuit alleges administrators at the state-run home were not closely monitoring how much medication Gerald Bain was taking before he died. The 61-year-old Air Force veteran was living at the facility. James Bain said his brother’s roommate had voiced concerns about Gerald Bain’s drug addiction so staff members should have been keeping a close eye on his medication.

James Bain said when it came time to refill his prescription, his brother received a month’s worth of pills and he “ate them up like candy.”

The attorney general is seeking to have the suit dismissed and to recover attorney’s fees.