RUPPELT v. LAUREL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, LLC

No. 30,191.

293 P.3d 902 (2012)

2013-NMCA-014

Celeste RUPPELT, as Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Theodore Lendeen, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAUREL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, LLC, Laurel Meadows, L.L.C.; AT Health Ventures, L.L.C.; A & J Ventures, L.L.C.; Healthcare Management Services, L.L.C.; Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, L.L.C.; Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Skilled Healthcare, L.L.C.; M. Scott Athans, Christopher A. Tapia; and Alan Zampini, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied, December 5, 2012, No. 33,818.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Scott E. Boehm, P.C., Scott E. Boehm , Phoenix, AZ, Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Mary Ellen Spiece , Phoenix, AZ, for Appellee.

Keleher & McLeod, P.A., Mary Behm , Regina Y. Moss , Albuquerque, NM, for Laurel Appellants.

Rodey Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., W. Robert Lasater, Jr. , Sandra L. Beerle , Albuquerque, NM, for Belen Appellants.


OPINION

GARCIA, Judge.

{1} This case requires us to examine the substantive conscionability of an arbitration agreement that a nursing home requires patients to sign as a condition of admission to the home. Defendants Laurel Healthcare Providers, L.L.C., Laurel Meadows, L.L.C., AT Health Ventures, L.L.C., A & J Ventures, L.L.C., Healthcare Management Services, L.L.C., Marion Scott Athans, Christopher A. Tapia and Alan Zampini (collectively...

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