The Devil is in the Details: What's in a Contract Does Matter

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healthcare industry, healthcare administration, business law, arbitration, contracts

Abstract

A nursing home patient was allegedly attacked by another patient at that same nursing home and allegedly sustained an injury as a result. The allegedly attacked patient sued the nursing home claiming a number of actions which included negligence. As a part of its response to these allegations, the nursing home included a motion to compel arbitration. Effectively, this action required the case to be removed from the trial court and held before arbitration. The determination of whether the nursing home would be granted this action went to the Mississippi Appellate Court (Community Care Center of Vicksburg, LLC v. Mason, 2005). The names of the parties, certain locations and certain facts have been changed in order to protect various individuals. This case is appropriate for graduate and undergraduate business law, business management, human resource management, and risk management classes.

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2024-03-16

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2013)

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Cases

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