Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. Thi of New Mexico
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 2012No. 33,762; Docket No. 30,477PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VIGIL, Judge.
This case requires us to examine whether an arbitration agreement that a nursing home requires to be signed as a condition of admission is substantively unconscionable. Agreeing with the district court that the agreement is unfairly and unreasonably one-sided in favor of the nursing home, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Defendant, THI of New Mexico at Casa ArenaBlanca, LLC (THICAB), operates Casa Arena Blanca, a nursing home in Alamogordo, NewMexico. Marlene Urbina sought to admit her mother, Dolores Figueroa, to Casa Arena Blanca in August 2008. Ms. Urbina had been granted a…
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