Arkansas Appellate Panel Rules ‘Ambiguity’ Makes Arbitration Agreement Invalid

(February 3, 2020, 1:23 PM EST) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— An Arkansas appellate panel on Jan. 29 affirmed a lower court in finding that a nursing home cannot compel arbitration of a lawsuit filed by the daughter of a former resident as no arbitration agreement was validly formed, finding that while the resident’s daughter signed admissions and arbitration agreements, ambiguity in the terms renders them invalid, and the third-party beneficiary doctrine can’t apply (Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC, et al., v. Mary Hines, et al., No. 19-277, Ark. App, 2020 Ark. App. LEXIS 64)....

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