Arbitration

Opting Out of Arbitration Agreements

Ideally, health care providers do the right thing. Good Care is provided. There is no negligence. But what if they…

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Arbitration Agreement Enforced; Trial Court erred in looking beyond HCAD to determine competency

In Welch v. Oaktree Health and Rehabilitation Center (2/28/2022), the Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's determination that…

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Georgia Guardianship Code Grants a Guardian Authority to Enter Into a Binding Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreement

In CL SNF, LLC v. Fountain (Ga. Supreme Court September 21, 2021), the Georgia Supreme Court reversed CL SNF, LLC…

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Nursing Home Cases: Arbitration

Marmet Health Care Center v. Brown, 132 S. Ct. 1201 (2012). Marmet began as three seperate cases in West Virginia.…

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Necessary v. Life Care Ctrs. of America Inc., 2007 Tenn. App. LEXIS 698 (2007)

On appeal, the issue was the validity of an arbitration agreement entered into by Dorothy Necessary ("Plaintiff") while signing documents…

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Owens v. Nat’l Health Corp., 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 1003 (2007)

On appeal, the Supreme Court of Tennessee found that the primary issue was whether a durable power of attorney for…

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Manley v. Personacare of Ohio, 2007 Ohio 343 (Ohio Ct. App. 2007)

After admission to the nursing home, resident met with the admissions director and signed a "resident admission agreement" and an…

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Hayes v. Premier Living, Inc., 2007 N.C. App. LEXIS 370 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007)

In wrongful death case against nursing home, Defendants appealed trial court's order granting motion to compel three incident reports prepared…

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Covenant Health Rehab of Picayune, L.P. v. Brown, 2007 Miss. LEXIS 43 (Miss. 2007)

After Plaintiffs filed a wrongful death suit, Defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration. Plaintiff argued the resident was incompetent…

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Fletcher v. Huntington Place, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 4681 (Fla. App. 2007)

Nursing home moved to compel arbitration, which was denied because it designated the American Health Lawyer's Association as the arbitrator…

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Gulledge v. Trinity Mission Health & Rehab of Holly Springs, LLC, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78247 (N.D. Miss. 2007)

When Luanna Campbell was admitted to a nursing home, her daughter signed a number of agreements, including an arbitration agreement.…

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Flores v. Evergreen at San Diego, LLC, 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 348 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007)

Resident suffering from dementia was admitted to nursing facility. Husband signed admissions documents including two arbitration agreements. California law prohibits…

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Hogan v. Country Villa Health Services, 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 289 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007)

Children of deceased nursing home resident sued nursing home. The trial court denied the nursing home's motion to compel arbitration…

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Kindred Healthcare, Inc. v. Peckler, 2006 WL 1360282 (Ky. 2006)

Kindred filed a motion for an emergency protective order after the trial allowed limited discovery on the sole issue of…

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Owens v. Nat’l Health Corp., 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 448 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006)

The trial court denied a motion to compel arbitration because the agent had no authority to execute the arbitration agreement.…

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Sloan v. Nat’l Healthcorp, L.P., 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 580 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006)

When defendant answered the complaint it alleged the dispute was subject to arbitration and asked for a jury trial. After…

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Hanson v. Valley View Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., 2006 Ohio 3815 (Ohio Ct. App. 2006)

Trial court granted motion to stay pending arbitration. Affirmed on appeal. On appeal Plaintiff argued that the agreement was procedurally…

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Buie v. Mariner Health Care, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94139 (D. Miss. 2006)

Buie filed a wrongful death action after resident's death. Buie signed an agreement for arbitration on the line for a…

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Washburn v. Beverly Enterprises-Georgia, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88628 (S.D. Ga. 2006)

After Plaintiff filed suit, Defendant filed a motion to dismiss, compel arbitration and stay discovery. The magistrate entered a report…

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Mariner Health Care, Inc. v. Weeks, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50106 (D. Miss. 2006)

When Dan Weeks entered the nursing home, Murry Weeks, his legal representative signed an "an agreement to arbitrate any dispute…

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Mariner Health Care, Inc., v. Ferguson, 2006 U.S. Dist LEXIS 47021 (N.D. Miss. 2006)

Defendants in a State court action filed a declaratory judgment action in federal court seeking a declaration as to the…

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Mariner Healthcare, Inc. v. King, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40782 (D. Miss. 2006)

Defendant moved to compel arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. ยง 4. Under 5th Circuit precedent, the…

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. v. Conegie, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38937 (D. Miss. 2006)

Plaintiff filed a State court action alleging nursing home negligence at a home controlled by JPMorgan. When admitted, Plaintiff's mother…

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Mariner Healthcare, Inc. v. Green, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37479 (D. Miss. 2006)

On November 7, 2002, when resident was admitted to a nursing home, her daughter signed an agreement for arbitration. On…

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Beverly Enterprises-Mississippi, Inc. v. Powell, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8739 (D. Miss. 2006)

Facility sought to compel arbitration after suit was filed. Resident was alone when admitted to the facility. He was illiterate,…

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Giordano v. Atria Assisted Living, Va. Beach, LLC, 429 F. Supp. 2d 732 (D. Va. 2006)

Plaintiff brought wrongful death action against assisted living facility. During the admission process, resident's daughter signed admission papers without a…

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Ostroff v. Alterra Healthcare Corp., 433 F. Supp. 2d 538 (D. Pa. 2006)

At admission to assisted living facility, daughter who was completing documents indicated she wanted to have residency agreement reviewed by…

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Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna, 546 U.S. 440 (U.S. 2006)

This is not a nursing home case. Justice Scalia, writing for the Court, framed the issue as whether a court…

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Estate of Williams v. Manor Care of Dunedin, Inc., 923 So. 2d 615 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006)

The Estate appealed after the trial court granted Manor Care's motion to compel arbitration. Resident's wife had signed admissions agreement…

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Bedford Care Center-Monroe Hall, LLC v. Lewis, 923 So. 2d 998 (Miss. 2006)

Conservator initialed pages indicating she read arbitration agreement, but did not sign the agreement. Facility made two attempts to have…

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Bland v. Health Care & Ret. Corp. of Am., 927 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006)

Order compelling arbitration was affirmed. Four days after admitting her mother to a nursing home, Ms. Coker, the resident's daughter,…

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SA-PG-Ocala, LLC v. Stokes, 935 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)

Defendant nursing home moved to compel arbitration. The trial court denied the motion, and the nursing home appealed. The agreement…

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Alterra Healthcare Corp. v. Bryant, 937 So. 2d 263 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)

Both parties appealed after the court severed limitations on damages but compelled arbitration. In 2004, Plaintiff filed suit for negligence…

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Cleveland v. Mann, 942 So. 2d 108 (Miss. 2006)

The decision of the trial court was reversed and arbitration was compelled. On September 17, 2002, Mann underwent a total…

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Finney v. Nat’l Healthcare Corp, 193 S.W.3d 393 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006)

On admission to the nursing home, the resident's granddaughter executed an admission contract that included an arbitration agreement. Later, after…

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Kindred Hosps. Ltd. P’ship v. Lutrell, 190 S.W.3d 916 (Ky. 2006)

Plaintiff filed a negligence and wrongful death suit against the nursing home. Kindred filed a motion to dismiss or, in…

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