Elderly Health Care • Failure to Fulfill Obligations • Interference with Contractual Obligations
Lutheran Seniorlife v. Taylor, PICS Case No. 16-1349 (C.P. Lawrence Sept. 2, 2016) Motto, P.J. (18 pages).
An elderly woman who entered into a two-tiered health-care arrangement with a healthcare provider failed to pay her “private portion” for that care once she entered into nursing home care. Her daughter also failed to ensure the payments, and refused to pay the amount due on her mother’s death. The provider brought suit against the daughter for tortious interference with contractual relations, which the daughter resisted, arguing that the provider failed to state a cause of action and that it was contractual in nature, not tort. The court disagreed on both counts and dismissed the objections.
