Panel Affirms Ruling Denying Care Home’s Bid For Arbitration, Deems POA Invalid

(April 4, 2024, 12:19 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Tenn. — A Tennessee appellate court affirmed a lower court’s ruling denying a nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration in a wrongful death suit, finding that because the decedent lacked the capacity to execute a power of attorney (POA), the arbitration agreement signed by the decedent’s agent pursuant to a health care POA was invalid....