Panel Affirms Order Overruling Arbitration Objections In Care Home Negligence Suit

Mealey's (June 1, 2022, 11:54 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania appellate court on May 27 affirmed a trial court order overruling a nursing home’s preliminary objections requesting binding arbitration in a negligence and wrongful death suit filed by an estate administrator after a resident died there, finding that the nursing home failed to show that the person signing the arbitration agreement “had authority to agree to the arbitration provision.”...