Diversicare Leasing Corp. D/b/a Canterbury Healthcare Facility v. Betty Hubbard, as the Personal Representative Of…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the denial of Canterbury’s motion to compel arbitration. It held that an incapacitated adult nursing-home resident could not be bound by an arbitration agreement signed by his mother, who lacked legal authority and could not be authorized by him to act on his behalf. The court also held that the mother was not bound in her later capacity as personal representative because the resident himself had never been bound by the agreement.