ALTERRA HEALTHCARE v. ESTATE OF LINTON EX REL. GRAHAM

No. 1D06-0986.

953 So.2d 574 (2007)

ALTERRA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION and Deanne M. Smith as to Alterra Sterling House of Tallahassee, Appellants, v. The ESTATE OF Jeanette Kelley LINTON by and through Lorrie Linton GRAHAM f/k/a Lorrie Ann Graham, Personal Representative, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna J. Fudge, Dennis J. Brennan and Connolly C. McArthur of Buckley & Fudge, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellants.

Susan B. Morrison of the Law Offices of Susan B. Morrison, P.A., Tampa; Blair N. Mendes and Bennie Lazarra, Jr., of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court compelling arbitration in an action against Alterra Healthcare Corporation ("Alterra") and its employee, Deanne Smith, by the Estate of Jeanette Linton for alleged negligence and statutory violations of the Florida Nursing Home Residents Act (Chapter 400, Laws of Florida). The complaint alleged that Linton, an elderly woman who suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease, died after being beaten and...

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