AMFM, LLC Commercial Holdings, LLC v. Kimberly Shanklin

Justice Ketchum :

*884In this case we examine whether a durable power of attorney ("DPOA") provided an adult daughter with the authority to enter into an arbitration agreement with a nursing home on her mother's behalf. After review, we conclude the DPOA granted such authority to the adult daughter. We therefore reverse the circuit court's December 29, 2016, order, and remand this matter to the circuit court for entry of an order granting the petitioners' ("Hillcrest Nursing Home" or "nursing home")1 motion to dismiss and to compel arbitration.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2010, Lena…