Pa. Panel Affirms Finding That Care Home’s Arbitration Agreement Is Unconscionable

Mealey's (July 8, 2022, 1:03 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania appellate court on July 5 affirmed a trial court’s order overruling a nursing home’s preliminary objection to compel arbitration in a negligence and wrongful death suit filed against it by the daughter of a former nursing home resident who died there, finding that the trial court correctly determined “that the Arbitration Agreement was unconscionable as a matter of law” due to its unfavorable terms without giving the decedent “any meaningful choice to accept or reject” it....