CARTER v. SSC ODIN OPERATING CO., LLC

No. 106511.

927 N.E.2d 1207 (2010)

237 Ill.2d 30

Sue CARTER, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Joyce Gott, Deceased, Appellee (Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Intervenor-Appellee), v. SSC ODIN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, d/b/a Odin Healthcare Center, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Jeffrey Muskopf, Mark R. Feldhaus, Lashly & Baer, PC, St. Louis, MO, Malcom J. Harkins III, James F. Segroves, Prosjauer Rose, LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Staci M. Yandle, Belleville (K. Glenda Cameron, of Christiansted, Virgin Islands, of counsel), for appellee.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Brian F. Barov, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for intervenor-appellee.


OPINION

Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

The narrow question presented in this case is whether the antiwaiver provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act (210 ILCS 45/3-606, 3-607 (West 2006)) are "grounds as exist at law or inequity for the revocation of any contract" within the meaning of section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) (9 U.S.C. § 2 (2000)). The appellate court answered this question in the affirmative...

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