Searcy Healthcare Ctr. LLC v. Murphy

Summary

The court held that the wrongful-death beneficiaries were bound by the decedent’s arbitration agreement because their claims were derivative and subject to the same limitations and agreements that would have bound the decedent. It reversed and remanded the denial of arbitration. The court dismissed the cross-appeal because challenges to the agreement’s validity and governing law were not cognizable in the limited interlocutory appeal from an order denying arbitration.