Higgs v. Plum Healthcare Group
Defendants, a skilled nursing facility and its corporate owner, appeal from denial of their petition to compel arbitration of a case alleging elder abuse and other claims filed by plaintiffs, former facility resident Dean Higgs and his friend Dennis Aguilar. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1294, subd. (a).) The petition was based on two arbitration agreements signed by Aguilar shortly after Higgs was admitted to the facility. Because we conclude that defendants failed to establish Aguilar had the authority to bind Higgs to arbitration of his claims, we shall affirm the trial court’s denial of the petition to compel.
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