Diversicare General Partner, Inc. v. Rubio

in which Justice HECHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined, and in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON joined as to Part 111(B)(3).

We address for the first time whether the Medical Liability Insurance Improve*845ment Act (MLIIA or the Act) governs a patient’s claims that a nursing home’s negligence in failing to provide adequate supervision and nursing services proximately caused her injuries from a sexual assault by another patient. We conclude that the nursing home resident’s claims in this case are causes of action for departures from accepted standards of professional…