Panel: Wrongful Death Claim Not Subject To Arbitration In Suit Against Care Home

(February 14, 2024, 1:45 PM EST) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois appellate court on Feb. 13 reversed and remanded a lower court order compelling arbitration in a wrongful death and negligence suit filed by the estate of a former resident against a nursing home, finding that because the decedent signed an arbitration agreement, the wrongful death claim is not subject to arbitration and the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act invalidates the signed agreement....

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