California High Court Affirms Ruling Denying Care Home’s Bid To Compel Arbitration

(April 1, 2024, 1:47 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court’s judgment upholding a lower court decision denying a nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration in an elder abuse and negligence suit filed against the nursing home related to a former resident’s fall and fracture, finding that the arbitration agreement signed by the resident’s agent under a health care power of attorney was not a health care decision within the agent’s authority....