Tennessee Appeals Court Affirms That Nursing Home Can't Force Arbitration

(October 1, 2020, 9:21 AM EDT) -- JACKSON, Tenn. — Finding no evidence that the daughter of a nursing home resident had "actual or apparent authority" to sign an arbitration agreement, a Tennessee appeals court on Sept. 17 affirmed a lower court's decision to deny the facility's motion to compel arbitration in a wrongful death suit (Manley v. Humboldt Nursing Home, Inc., No. W2019-00131-COA-R3-CV, Tenn. App., 2020 Tenn. App. LEXIS 418)....

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