· 5/24/2007
Texas Cityview Care Center, L.P. v. Fryer
Citations
- 227 S.W.3d 345
- 2007 Tex. App. LEXIS 4111
- 2007 WL 1502088
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- holding arbitration agreement invalid because there was no evidence that daughter had authority to bind her mother to agreement
- nothing in medical power of attorney indicates that it was intended to confer authority to make legal, as opposed to, health care decision
- describing apparent authority as acts of participation, knowledge, or acquiescence by the principal that clothe the agent with the indicia of authority in the agent’s transactions with third parties
- describing apparent authority as acts of participation, knowledge, or acquiescence by the principal that clothe the agent with the indicia of authority in the agent‘s transactions with third parties
- medical power of attorney did not indicate that it was intended to confer authority to sign arbitration agreement
- medical power of attorney did not give agent authority to make legal decisions, including the decision to waive a jury trial by agreeing to arbitrate any claims against the nursing home
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Judges: Livingston, Gardner, McCoy
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