Appellant To 1st Circuit: Beneficiaries Not Bound By Decedent’s Agreements

Mealey's (December 3, 2018, 10:11 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge erred in finding that a beneficiary’s wrongful death claim derives from his or her decedent and that a decedent’s arbitration agreement can therefore be imputed to his or her beneficiary, a beneficiary told the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 29 (GGNSC Administrative Services LLC, et al., v. Jackalyn M. Schrader, No. 18-1779, 1st Cir.)....