To Felipe Dip’s family, the red flags were obvious: The 64-year-old had missed at least 27 meals straight at his assisted living facility in Brighton, and it had been more than a week since a motion-sensing camera in his bedroom detected any movement. 

And yet, according to Dip’s family, no one working at Chestnut Park at Cleveland Circle “conducted a welfare check, entered Felipe Dip’s room, or otherwise investigated his whereabouts or well-being.” 

Chestnut Park staff found Dip dead in his room several days later, on July 21, 2023, the man’s sons allege in a new lawsuit. 

“By that time, his body was badly decomposed,” the complaint states. “Felipe Dip’s body had been decomposing in his room, undiscovered, for approximately nine days.”

Filed Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, the lawsuit names Chestnut Park’s parent company, Benchmark Senior Living, and an unidentified employee who was purportedly tasked with checking in on Dip.

Benchmark did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

The family’s lawsuit alleges that the unidentified employee was assigned to monitor Dip through regular checks, while Chestnut Park’s protocol required staff to conduct a welfare check on any resident who failed to appear for a scheduled meal.

Dip’s room was also equipped with a motion-sensing camera system, though his family says the sensor didn’t detect any movement in the room after July 12, 2023. 

“The combination of Felipe Dip’s prolonged and repeated failure to appear for meals and the nine-day absence of any motion in his room provided the Defendants with ample and repeated notice that Felipe Dip required immediate attention,” the complaint alleges. 

Dip’s sons say they “suffered severe and debilitating emotional distress” after learning the circumstances of their father’s death. They’re seeking $1,000,000 for claims of negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress, court filings show.