Panel Affirms Lack Of Agreement To Arbitrate Claims Against Assisted Living Facility

Mealey's (May 5, 2021, 7:40 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A trial court did not use “improper legal criteria” to conclude that the son of an assisted living facility resident was required to have a power of attorney for health care to sign an arbitration agreement on his mother’s behalf, a California appellate panel ruled April 28 in affirming the lower court’s denial of the facility’s petition to compel arbitration of an elder abuse and wrongful death suit against it....