Accident and Injury Lawyer Blog

In the past, Virginia nursing home lawyers have been able to convince Virginia circuit judges to reject the efforts of allegedly negligent nursing homes to force Virginia nursing home claims into binding arbitration. Must more nursing homes are making patients sign these agreements not to arbitrate, according to Virginia Lawyers Weekly. The paper quoted Lauren Ellerman who handles nursing home cases in Roanoke to say that she believes that "at least 75 percent of Virginia nursing home contracts have arbitration agreements in them today.”

Unless Congress grabs this issue from the states we can expect this issue to rise in Virginia nursing home cases in the future.