Pennsylvania Panel Majority: Wrongful Death Claims Not Subject To Arbitration

(January 16, 2019, 2:47 PM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A 2-1 Pennsylvania appeals panel on Jan. 11 overturned a trial court judge’s decision to dismiss a nursing home from a man’s wrongful death and survivor action lawsuit, finding that an arbitration provision did not apply to his wrongful death claim and that the proceedings should be stayed pending arbitration of the man’s claims for medical negligence (James Fox v. Jeanes Hospital, et al., No. 1471 EDA 2017, Pa. Super., 2019 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 139)....

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