DICKERSON v. LONGORIA

No. 74, Sept. Term, 2009.

995 A.2d 721 (2010)

414 Md. 419

Carman DICKERSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carter Bradley v. Ricardo LONGORIA, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah M. Nicholls (Institute for Public Representation Georgetown University Law Center, Deepak Gupta of Public Citizen Litigation Group, Stefan Shaibani of Law Firm of Stefan Shaibani, PLLC, Washington, DC), all on brief, for appellant.

John J. Murphy (D. Elizabeth Walker of Walker & Murphy, LLP, Rockville), on brief, for appellees.

Kelly Bagby, AARP Foundation Litigation, Michael Schuster, AARP, Washington, DC, brief of Amici Curiae AARP, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Maryland Disability Law Center, NCCNHR — The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care and Voices for Quality of Care in support of appellant.

Monisha Cherayil, C. Matthew Hill, Public Justice Center, Baltimore, brief of Public Justice Center, Maryland Employment Lawyers Association, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, National Association of Consumer Advocates, and Civil Justice as Amici Curiae for appellant.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, and BARBERA, JJ.


GREENE, J.

This case concerns a medical malpractice claim that the Estate of Carter Bradley ("the Estate")1 filed against Heritage Care, Inc. ("Respondent"). We have been asked to determine whether the Estate may be required to arbitrate its claims against Respondent because of an arbitration agreement that Carman Dickerson ("Dickerson") allegedly signed on behalf of Carter Bradley ("Bradley") when Bradley was admitted to Respondent's...

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