8th Circuit:  Son Not Required To Arbitrate Wrongful Death Claim

Mealey's (July 25, 2019, 12:53 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Citing undisputed evidence that a son was neither legal guardian nor attorney-in-fact for his late father at the time of his admission to a residential rehabilitation center, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 23 reversed an Arkansas federal judge’s ruling compelling arbitration in an ensuing wrongful death action (Northport Health Services, et al. v. Mark Posey, No. 18-2459, 8th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21941)....