Baker v. Italian Maple Holdings, LLC

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INTRODUCTION

Marlene Baker LaBerge, a 73-year-old woman, was a resident and patient of a 24-hour skilled nursing facility owned by Italian Maple Holdings, LLC dba La Paloma Healthcare Center (La Paloma). Approximately a week after LaBerge arrived at the facility, La Paloma's staff presented LaBerge with two arbitration agreements that included language required by Code of Civil Procedure 1 section 1295, subdivision (c). Section 1295, subdivision (c) requires such agreements to include a 30-day "cooling off" period, during which the parties to the agreement may rescind it. Ten days after…