Panel Holds Wife’s Signature Did Not Bind Nursing Home Resident To Arbitration

Mealey's (June 4, 2018, 2:02 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania appeals panel on May 30 affirmed a trial court’s decision that an estate was not bound to arbitrate a deceased nursing home resident’s negligence claims against the home and its owners, finding that the decedent’s wife lacked the authority to sign the agreement on the resident’s behalf (Elizabeth A. Gross, ex rel. v. Genesis Healthcare Inc., et al., No. 2022 EDA 2017, Pa. Super., 2018 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1761)....

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