Arizona Panel:  Arbitration Agreement Not Binding In Nonsigner Wrongful Death Suit

(November 3, 2022, 9:31 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona appellate court affirmed a lower court’s denial of a skilled nursing facility’s motion to compel arbitration after the personal representative for the estate of a decedent filed a wrongful death claim against the facility, finding that the lower court correctly found that under Arizona law, the arbitration agreement is not binding on the nonsigner representative in the wrongful death claim....