Judge Trims Some Claims Against Nursing Home, Finds Right To Arbitrate Waived

Mealey's (June 17, 2019, 11:29 AM EDT) -- LEXINGTON, Ky.— A federal judge in Kentucky on June 13 trimmed claims from a former resident’s class action lawsuit against a nursing home and its past and current administrator for failure to state a claim and denied the facility’s request to arbitrate the woman’s action, finding that it waived its right to arbitration by filing an answer to the complaint and filing a motion to dismiss (Carrie Johnson v. BLC Lexington SNF LLC, et al., No. 19-cv-64, E.D. Ky., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99031)....