Anonymous, M.D. and Life Care Centers of America, Inc., d/b/a Lane House v. Evelyn Hendricks

OPINION

BARNES, Judge.

Case Summary

Anonymous, M.D., and Life Care Centers of America, Inc., d/b/a Lane House (collectively “Lane House”) appeal the trial court’s denial of their motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit filed by Evelyn Hendricks. We reverse and remand.

Issues

The reordered and restated issues before us are:

I. whether an arbitration agreement signed by Hendricks’s health care representative, Marjorie Benge, binds Hendricks; and

II. whether the arbitration agreement is still effective despite the unavailability of the arbitrator named in the agreement.

Facts

Hendricks was a resident…