Villas of Mount Pleasant, LLC v. King

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Carter

Kyle King admitted his mother, Marilou Whatley King (Whatley), to The Villas of Mount Pleasant, LLC, d/b/a Greenhill Villas (the Villas) nursing facility in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Acting as Whatley’s agent, King signed an admission agreement containing an arbitration clause that purported to require the parties to arbitrate any controversy arising from the services provided by the Villas to Whatley. Whatley died, and King sued the Villas alleging that her death was caused by its failure to render proper nursing home care and to protect his mother from abuse.…