Arbitration & Mediation

Florida Supreme Court Grants Review of Nursing Home Arbitration Case

By Christopher B. Hopkins, Esq.

Apparently arbitration-watchers will want to be current on their nursing home case law since the Florida Supreme Court has granted review of Estate of Gessa v. Manor Care. Back in February, we wrote a long post attempting to sew together the long history of a particular nursing home arbitration agreement and the disparate treatment it has received in various Florida intermediate appellate courts. Read that post here.

Once your up to speed, join us as we keep an eye on Gessa in the Florida Supreme Court.

The Order accepting jurisdiction stated:

The Court accepts jurisdiction of this case. Oral argument will be set by separate order. Counsel for the parties will be notified of the oral argument date approximately sixty days prior to oral argument. Petitioner's initial brief on the merits shall be served on or before November 16, 2009; respondent's answer brief on the merits shall be served twenty days after service of petitioner's initial brief on the merits; and petitioner's reply brief on the merits shall be served twenty days after service of respondent's answer brief on the merits. Please file an original and seven copies of all briefs. The Clerk of the Second District Court of Appeal shall file the original record which shall be properly indexed and paginated on or before December 21, 2009. The record shall include the briefs filed in the district court separately indexed.

Full post as published by Florida Arbitration Law on November 06, 2009 (boomark / email).