The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that a nursing home could not use a resident contract to compel an arbitration after a resident’s death. Clanton v. Oakbrook Healthcare Centre,.
Contract termination ended duty to arbitrate in suit over nursing home death- Disagreeing with an Illinois Appellate Court opinion from the 4th District that decided an arbitration provision survived termination of a contract with a nursing home, the 1st District ruled that Nancy Clanton, as administrator of her mother Laurel.