Court Finds Caregiver Lacked Authority To Sign Facility’s Arbitration Agreement

(November 30, 2017, 1:24 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California appeals court on Nov. 28 denied a residential care facility’s appeal of trial court’s rejection of its request to compel fraud and elder abuse claims asserted by the family of a deceased resident to arbitration, finding that the agreement was signed by the resident’s personal care power of attorney, rather than her health care power of attorney and, therefore, was not valid (Robin Hutcheson v. Eskaton FountainWood Lodge, et al., No. C074846, Calif. App., 3rd Dist. 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 1044)....

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