Advocat, Inc. v. Heide

WAYMOND M. BROWN, Judge.

| jThis is a nursing-home negligence case, filed by Dana Couch Heide on behalf of Marc Stephen Williams, an incapacitated person. But the issue here is whether the circuit court should have granted a motion to compel arbitration. The court denied the motion filed by Advocat, Inc.; Diversi-care Management Services Co.; and Diversicare Leasing Corp. d/b/a Arbor Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center (collectively referred to as “Advocat”) after finding that Advocat waived its right to compel arbitration by failing to attach the arbitration agreement to its initial answer.…