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Appeals court rejects a health care entity’s “conglomerate argument” that even if an assisted living facility is not a “Chapter 655 health care provider” on its own, it becomes one if part of a unified, or conglomerate health care system of facilities and operations.
Dec. 17, 2020 – A recent state appeals court decision has rejected the “conglomerate argument” when an adult child pursues wrongful death claims leveled against assisted living facilities owned and operated by a larger health care system.
Adult children can bring wrongful death claims, on their own behalf, if a parent’s death is allegedly caused by a party’s negligence. When claims involve medical malpractice against health care providers, however, adult children have no standing.