Facility’s Action Seeking Arbitration Survives Man’s Dismissal Motion

Mealey's (January 16, 2019, 4:49 PM EST) -- LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on Dec. 27 denied a man’s motion to dismiss a suit filed by a senior living facility and its affiliates seeking to enforce an arbitration agreement signed by the man’s son upon his admission, holding that the court has jurisdiction over the case, that the plaintiffs did not fail to join an indispensable party and that the facility sufficiently stated a claim regarding enforceability (BLC Lexington SNF LLC v. Donald Skipworth, No. 18-431-DCR, E.D. Ky., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 216484)...