The Department of Human Resources operates the hospitals and agency spokeswoman Dena Smith says officials would have no comment on the settlement for Webb's family.
The family will receive $1 million for agreeing not to pursue a lawsuit against the state, which admitted no fault. Webb died Dec. 16, 2006, after nearly three weeks without a bowel movement at Georgia Regional Hospital/Atlanta.
One of Webb's two sisters, Janie Webb-Miller, says the family filed a claim only after failing to get state officials to accept responsibility for the death
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