State records show that owners of a troubled Chicago nursing home have paid fines totaling $20,000 and surrendered the facility's license.
The for-profit Somerset Place housed more than 300 mentally ill residents until last month when the building closed. The nursing home had been cited repeatedly for fights, verbal abuse and lack of supervision and the federal government had terminated its funding.
A license-revocation hearing scheduled for this week was canceled because of the settlement with the state, which was reached last month but not publicized.
Somerset Place was owned by a group of investors. It's possible for the same owners to renew the home's license because the state agreed the settlement couldn't be used to deny a license renewal.
The owners admitted no wrongdoing.
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