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\"Lonely-old-woman-300x200\"A Maryland appellate court has looked at a nursing home arbitration agreement and found it was unconscionable and unenforceable.\u00a0 This is a big deal and is another step — our firm, Miller & Zois,\u00a0 helped make a big step<\/a> three years ago — towards eliminating the enforceability of arbitration clauses in nursing home cases.<\/p>\n

Rankin v\u00a0<\/em>Brinton Woods Quick Summary<\/h2>\n

After an elderly patient died his estate brought a wrongful death and survival action lawsuit against his nursing home.\u00a0\u00a0The nursing home forced the survival action into arbitration by enforcing an ADR clause in the admission contract signed by the patient\u2019s daughter. The\u00a0 Estate appealed arguing that the arbitration clause in the admission contract was not legally enforceable. The Court of Special Appeals (\u201cCOSA\u201d) agreed and held that the nursing home arbitration clause was unenforceable based on unconscionability.<\/p>\n

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A Maryland appellate court has looked at a nursing home arbitration agreement and found it was unconscionable and unenforceable.\u00a0 This is a big deal and is another step — our firm, Miller & Zois,\u00a0 helped make a big step three years ago — towards eliminating the enforceability of arbitration clauses in nursing home cases. Rankin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1338","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"\nMaryland Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Unconsionable (& Unenforcable)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is a big deal for nursing home victims and the lawyers who fight for them. 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