Nursing home arbitration agreement tossed in wrongful death case- Grace Barbicgbarbic@lawbulletinmedia.comA nursing home’s arbitration agreement with a man whose mother died under its care is not enforceable, a state appellate panel held. Paul Calusinski, as independent administrator of his mother’s estate, brought.
A class action lawsuit filed Monday is seeking a court order to stop regional provider Alden Management Services from what plaintiffs call “an ongoing practice of profiting from systematically and knowingly understaffing.”
The suit was filed on behalf of 11 nursing homes residents anonymously named as John or Jane Doe. They range in age from 26 to 82, and are all on Medicaid.
An Illinois state appeals court has revived a suit alleging a long-term living facility, one of its nurses and its Chicago-based parent company are liable for a former resident's fractured hip, ruling that there's a lingering question over whether the patient was competent enough to sign an arbitration agreement.