Judge Compels Arbitration Of Negligence Claims Against Nursing Home

(September 14, 2017, 1:35 PM EDT) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky federal judge on Aug. 28 found that an estate’s claims for negligence and wrongful death against a nursing home were properly pleaded and should not be dismissed but compelled arbitration of the majority of the claims, finding that a power of attorney (POA) entered into a valid arbitral agreement on behalf of his mother (Ronald Hall, et al. v. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Inc, et al., No. 3:17CV-00193, W.D. Ky., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137827)....