GGNSC BATESVILLE, LLC v. JOHNSON

No. 2011-CA-01337-SCT.

109 So.3d 562 (2013)

GGNSC BATESVILLE, LLC d/b/a Golden Living Center-Batesville and Batesville Hospital Management, Inc. d/b/a Batesville Specialty Hospital, Inc. v. Catherine JOHNSON, individually, and as Administratrix for the Estate of Mose Cooper, and Anthony Cooper, on behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries for Mose Cooper.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Bradley Dillard , Tupelo, William G. Armistead , L. Carl Hagwood , Jackson, Mary Frances Stallings-England , Greenville, attorneys for appellants.

James Howard Thigpen , attorney for appellees.

Before RANDOLPH, P.J., PIERCE and KING, JJ.


KING, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this wrongful death action against a nursing home, the nursing home moved to compel arbitration, arguing that the nursing home resident was the third-party beneficiary to the admission and arbitration agreements signed by his sister. The trial court denied the motion, finding that no valid contract was signed by someone with the legal authority to do so, and the nursing home appeals. Because the

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