Illinois High Court Affirms Denial Of Care Home’s Motion To Compel Arbitration

(September 25, 2023, 10:24 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A unanimous Illinois Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court judgment that affirmed denial of a nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration in a negligence and wrongful death suit filed against it by the daughter of a woman who died there, finding that because the contract for facility admission, which included an arbitration provision, terminated upon the resident’s death, the arbitration provision “was no longer an available option.”...