TAYLOR v. EXTENDICARE HEALTH FACILITIES

No. 19 WAP 2015.

147 A.3d 490 (2016)

Daniel E. TAYLOR and William Taylor, as Co-executors of the Estate of Anna Marie Taylor, Deceased v. EXTENDICARE HEALTH FACILITIES, INC. d/b/a Havencrest Nursing Center; Extendicare Holdings, Inc.; Extendicare Health Facility Holdings, Inc.; Extendicare Health Services, Inc.; Extendicare Reit; Extendicare, L.P.; Extendicare, Inc.; Mon Vale Non Acute Care Service, Inc. d/b/a the residence at Hilltop; Mon-vale Health Resources, Inc.; Jefferson Health Services, d/b/a Jefferson Regional Medical Center Appeal of: Extendicare Health Facilities, Inc., d/b/a Havencrest Nursing Center, Extendicare Holdings, Inc., Extendicare Health Facility Holdings, Inc., Extendicare Health Services, Inc., Extendicare Reit, Extendicare, L.P. and Extendicare, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: SEPTEMBER 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Bass, Esq. , Grogan Graffam, P.C., Jennifer L. McPeak, Esq. , Patrick Louis Mechas, Esq., Burns White, LLC, for Mon-Vale Health Resources, Inc., Participants.

Andrew George Kimball, Esq. , for Jefferson Health Services d/b/a Jefferson Regional. Medical Center, Participants.

Joel I. Fishbein, Esq. , for Extendicare, Inc, et al., Appellant.

Amie Marie Mihalko, Esq. , for Extendicare Health Services, Inc., Extendicare Holdings, Inc., Extendicare Health Facility Holdings, Inc., Extendicare REIT, Extendicare, L.P., Extendicare, Inc., Extendicare Health Facilities, Inc. d/b/a Havencrest Nursing Center, Extendicare, Inc, et al., Appellants.

William James Mundy, Esq. , Ira L. Podheiser, Esq. , Burns White LLC, for Pa. Healthcare Assoc. et al., Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Ryan John Duty, Esq. , Stephen Trzcinski, Esq. , Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., for Daniel E. Taylor and William Taylor, Appellees.

Andrew C. Spears, Esq. , Handler, Henning & Rosenberg, L.L.P., for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Sol H. Weiss, Esq. , Anapol Weiss, for American Association for Justice, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Iris Y. Gonzalez, Esq., pro se.

William Rivera, pro se.

Larry A. Tawwater, pro se.

Jeffery R. White, pro se.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, JJ.


OPINION

The Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") provides that arbitration agreements "shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract." 9 U.S.C. § 2. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 213(e) requires the consolidation...

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