DONNA FELECIA WATSON v. QUINCE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC, ET AL. - Articles

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Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Craig C. Conley, Ormonde B. Landry, S. Keenan Carter, Brent E. Siler, and Kathryn Kinnison Van Namen, Memphis, Tennessee, and William Davis Frye, Ridgeland, Mississippi, for the appellant, Quince Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC.

Attorneys 2:

Louis P. Chiozza, Jr., and Christopher W. Lewis, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Donna Felecia Watson.

Judge(s): MCGEE

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration. The subject arbitration agreement was executed in connection with a patient’s admission to a nursing home facility and signed by the patient’s son. The trial court found that the son lacked authority to bind his mother to the agreement. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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