Dueñas v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc.

OPINION

SWANN, Judge.

¶ 1 A respite-care resident and a nursing facility entered into arbitration agreements. The resident’s statutory beneficiaries and estate brought claims for wrongful death and violations of the Adult Protective Services Act (“APSA”), and the superior court dismissed those claims as subject to arbitration. We affirm the court’s conclusion that the arbitration agreements were generally enforceable between the parties. We hold, however, that (1) the beneficiaries’ wrongful-death claims are not subject to the resident’s arbitration agreements, and (2) the APSA claim is not…