A plaintiff’s wrongful-death and survival actions do not need to be bifurcated so that one claim can be arbitrated while the other goes to a jury trial, the state Superior Court has ruled.
In an apparent case of first impression, a unanimous three-judge panel of the court determined that the claims, which stem from a patient’s death after her stay at a nursing home facility, did not fall into a category of claims that should be tried piecemeal. The court’s decision in Taylor v. Extendicare Health Facilities was issued in a published opinion April 2.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
