California Court of Appeal

The trial court's orders denying defendants' motions to compel arbitration of plaintiff-wife's claims of neglect of her deceased husband, and negligent infliction of emotional distress and the wrongful death of plaintiff's deceased husband while in defendants' care, is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff-wife did not have authority to sign the arbitration agreements on her deceased husband's behalf and did not sign the agreements in her individual capacity; and 2) public policy does not require plaintiffs to arbitrate their claims in the absence of the existence of a valid arbitration agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2013
• Published 10/28/2013

Judges

• HOCH

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel