Nursing Home Settles To Avoid Gov't Suit

In 2004, Orphia Wilson lost her Florida nursing license after a 21-month-old baby died in her care. Two years later, a chronically ill 3-year old boy under her care in Connecticut died of respiratory failure after she fell asleep.

The following month, Walnut Hill Care Center, a nursing home and rehab facility in New Britain, hired Wilson as a nursing supervisor. For not performing a background check on Wilson, Walnut Hill recently agreed to pay the U.S. government $222,419 as part of a settlement agreement reached before a lawsuit was filed. More.