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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Refuses To Compel Arbitration Of Nursing Home Claim

February 5, 2026

The defendant nursing home filed preliminary objections in the nature of a petition to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s nursing home claims. It attached an alleged arbitration agreement between the nursing home and plaintiff Jane Doe. According to the nursing home, Ms. Doe “willingly an[...]

Punitive Damages Awarded Against Pennsylvania Nursing Home Vacated On Appeal

July 21, 2025

Green Ridge Healthcare Group, LLC d/b/a Green Ridge Care Center and Saber Healthcare Group, LLP appealed from the $3,035,235.00 judgment (which included $2,700,000 in punitive damages) that was entered in favor of Mildred Bernavage, a 90-year-old resident of the nursing home who had suffered a fract[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Vacates Nursing Home Survival Action Arbitration Order

August 30, 2021

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) stated in its non-precedential Memorandum decision filed on August 5, 2021 in a nursing home survival action, “we vacate the order referring the survival action to arbitration and remand the case to the trial court[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Enforces Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

June 9, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion dated April 16, 2020 with regard to the plaintiff in a nursing home injury case attempting to circumvent arbitration of the claim, “our review of the record indicates that this is not[...]

Pennsylvania Superior Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

February 25, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in its opinion filed on February 6, 2020, held, in a case in which a nursing home was seeking to enforce an arbitration agreement signed by the resident’s wife with regard to negligence claims against the nursing home, “The trial court concluded, and w[...]

Pennsylvania House Of Representatives Rejects Proposal To Limit Punitive Damages Against Nursing Homes

August 31, 2018

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 103 to 91 in late June against a proposal that would have limited punitive damages verdicts against Pennsylvania nursing homes to 250% of the compensatory damages awarded, by applying the cap contained in the Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and [...]

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