WILLIMANTIC, CT (WFSB) - A lawsuit over the death of a nurse in Willimantic has been resolved, according to the state.

State officials announced a news conference about the case of Joyce Grayson.

The news conference was set for Monday.

Grayson, 63, was a visiting nurse who was murdered by her patient, Michael Reese, in 2023, police said.

Reese was said to have been on probation for stabbing and sexually assaulting another victim. As a result, the lawsuit claimed the state did not properly supervise him when Grayson was tending to him.

The state said it agreed to pay Grayson’s family more than $2 million.

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