BYRD v. SIMMONS

Nos. 2007-IA-01673-SCT, 2007-CA-01775-SCT.

5 So.3d 384 (2009)

Lisa BYRD, Aurora Cares, LLC d/b/a Tara Cares, Manhattan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Beverly Enterprises, Inc, Beverly Health & Rehabilitation Services, Inc. f/k/a Beverly California Corp., Beverly Enterprises-Mississippi, Inc., Manhattan Health Care Center d/b/a Beverly Healthcare-Manhattan d/b/a Beverly Healthcare-Eason Boulevard d/b/a Beverly Healthcare Tupelo and Bobbie Blackard v. Ira W. SIMMONS. Manhattan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Aurora Cares, LLC d/b/a Tara Cares, Bobbie Blackard and Lisa Byrd v. Ira W. Simmons.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardin Chase Pittman, Rebecca Adelman, Heber S. Simmons, William Melvin Rosamond, Ridgeland, and William Eugene Grubbs, Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

John Gordon Sims, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


GRAVES, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The underlying dispute in this case concerns the care and treatment of a patient at Manhattan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Manhattan Nursing) in Hinds County. Following the patient's death, her son sued multiple defendants in Hinds County Circuit Court, alleging negligence, gross negligence, and breach of contract. Several defendants moved to compel arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement signed...

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