Hartford, Kun – Connecticut officials agreed to a $ 2.25 million settlement of a lawsuit for the killing of nurse Joyce Gresson in the middle of the road in 2023 – a case Specific calls for better protection For workers in the field of home health care throughout the country.
The state judge in Hartford agreed to the settlement on Thursday in the illegal death lawsuit filed by Gresson’s husband. In the meantime, Kelly Reerdon, a lawyer for the Grayson family, said that the settlement talks with other defendants in the lawsuit, including Graison’s employer, are continuing.
Gresson, a 63 -year -old mother and a 36 -year -old nurse, went to a house in the middle of the road in Wilmantec on October 28, 2023, to manage Michael Reese drugs, who was living there during observation and after spending the prison time to stab and sexually assault another woman in 2006.
Police found Mit Gresson on the basement of the house later on the same day. Al -Faith Medical Office said that she died due to the pressure of the neck and was injured in force. Reese confessed to killing and Last month, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
The lawsuit that claimed that state officials failed to properly supervise Rayes during the test, failed to ensure that the public was protected from him, failed to detention when he violated his test, failed to provide him with sufficient mental health programs and drugs and allowed him to be alone with visiting nurses despite his violent past. The lawsuit blamed the Supervision and Monitoring Department managed by the judicial branch.
Rurdon said: “The family hopes that this settlement shows that the state is involved with the perpetrator of this horrific crime against Joyce Gresson seriously.” “As part of the settlement, family members will meet with representatives of some relevant government agencies to discuss the ways in which these types of crimes can be prevented in the future.”
The Office of the Public Prosecutor in Connecticut, who represented the state in the lawsuit, immediately did not respond to an email request for comment on Tuesday. In the settlement agreement, the state does not recognize any violations.
Graceon’s husband, Ronald Gresson, also filed a lawsuit against his wife’s employer, Dallas, Ilara, a sponsorship, Texas -based companies, and claimed that she had repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about treating dangerous patients.
Elara Caring described the allegations as “unjustified” and said that Contecticut officials were responsible for monitoring and managing the activities of Reese after he decided that he was not a threat to society and fired it to a house in the middle of the road. An Elara spokesman immediately did not respond to an email seeking a comment on Tuesday.
Grayson’s death in Connecticut last year stimulated to agree to a new law aimed at improving safety for home health care workers, including providing grants to employers to finance emergency alert buttons, friends accompanying friends, tracking and safety training devices.
The killing also drew comments and social media from industry groups and workers groups throughout the country, expressing shock, sadness and calling for greater protection for health care workers from increasing violence.
In a national survey of approximately 1,000 nurses issued last year by national nurses, the largest union for registered nurses in the United States, more than 80 % answered that they had suffered from at least one type of violence at the workplace in 2023. Almost half of them had an increase in violence in the workplace during the previous year.