Arbitration

A senior living provider’s employee arbitration agreement is “unenforceable” because the company reserved the right to unilaterally alter the policy without advance notice, a court has ruled.

The Supreme Court’s Friday decision in an arbitration-related case is “good news” for senior living and care providers, attorneys tell McKnight’s Business Daily.

A senior living provider’s arbitration agreement, signed by former residents who subsequently were alleged victims of an alleged serial killer, covers the wrongful death and survival claims made by their...

The Supreme Court on Thursday set limits on when federal courts have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate an arbitration claim under certain sections of the Federal Arbitration Act. Essentially, the court...

Companies will not be able to require arbitration to settle claims of sexual harassment and sexual assault under a bill passed last week by both houses of Congress. The law will void forced arbitration...

A recent California Court of Appeals decision regarding arbitration agreements is putting senior living operators in the state on notice about who signs those agreements.

A negligence and breach of contract complaint is headed to arbitration after an appellate court found in favor of the assisted living provider and upheld an arbitration and mediation agreement. 

The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Thursday vacated a lower court’s decision to send to arbitration a wrongful death claim against Timber Ridge Health Care Center.

A California appellate court has upheld a trial court’s decision to deny arbitration in an elder abuse and wrongful death lawsuit against a memory care operator in the state. The operator may appeal.

A negligence lawsuit against Brookdale Senior Living will proceed after an appellate panel ruled that claims regarding the alligator-related death of a 90-year-old resident at a Charleston, SC, community...