Judge Denies Nursing Home’s Motion To Compel Arbitration In Negligence Suit

Mealey's (October 12, 2018, 10:05 AM EDT) -- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Oct. 10 denied a nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration, holding that the authorized representative of an incapacitated woman did not have the legal authority to bind the woman to an arbitration provision in the admission agreement (Stephanie Amos v. North Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center LLC, et al., No. 18-cv-0217-AKK, N.D. Ala., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174132)....