· 3/1/2007
Hogan v. Country Villa Health Services
Citations
- 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 450
- 148 Cal. App. 4th 259
- 2007 Daily Journal DAR 2948
- 2007 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2337
- 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 289
How courts have described this case
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- holding that “unless that power is restricted by the principal,]” an agent under a California statutory healthcare power of attorney “has the power to execute applicable admission forms, including arbitration agreements”
- ruling based on provisions in California’s Health and Safety Code providing for admissions to nursing homes
- concluding that a medical durable power of attorney authorized the patient's daughter to sign an arbitration agreement, and noting that the absence of such a power of attorney in health care proxy cases in which courts refused to compel arbitration was a \critical\ distinction
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Judges: Moore
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