Legal Opinion
Life Care Centers of America v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 18, 2009No. A09A0548, A09A0549PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
We granted Life Care Centers of America d/b/a Life Care Center of Gwinnett’s (Life Care) application for interlocutory review of the trial court’s order denying Life Care’s motion to stay proceedings, dismiss the complaint, and compel arbitration of Angela Smith’s claims fop the wrongful death of her mother Gerith Petereit. Life Care stated that when Smith signed forms for her mother’s admission to Life Care under the authority of a durable health care power of attorney given to her by Petereit, she also signed an agreement to arbitrate any dispute that might arise…
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