Owens v. Coosa Valley Health Care, Inc.

This is an arbitration case. Linda Owens, the plaintiff in an action pending in the Etowah Circuit Court, appeals the trial court's order granting the motion filed by Coosa Valley Health Care, Inc. ("Coosa Valley"), to compel Owens to arbitrate her claims against Coosa Valley; the order also stayed discovery of Elma Tucker's medical records. We affirm.

I. Facts

Elma Tucker was admitted to the Coosa Valley Health Care Nursing Home ("the nursing home"), which is owned and operated by Coosa Valley, following her two-week hospitalization for heart failure. She was to undergo 21 days of…