With similar questions popping up across the state in recent years, the Florida Supreme Court said a lawsuit about injuries suffered by a nursing home resident should not be sent to arbitration.
The Miami-Dade County case centered on a contract that was signed in 2009 by Juan Mendez Jr. when his father, Juan Sr., was admitted to Hampton Court Nursing Center, the ruling said. Part of the contract said legal disputes would be resolved in arbitration, rather than going to court and potentially being decided by a jury.
