High Court Won’t Review Refusal To Consolidate Claims Against Nursing Center

(April 18, 2017, 8:27 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 27 denied review of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts state law requiring the consolidation of wrongful death and survival actions for trial in a case where an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) agreement required arbitration of claims against a nursing center stemming from a resident’s stay at the center (Taylor v. Extendicare Health Facilities, Inc., No. 16-825, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. LEXIS 2106)....