Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court March 30, 2007 (Miller v. Cotter)

Cordy, J.

In this case we consider the validity of an arbitration agreement executed in the context of an admission to a nursing home. The plaintiff, Charles Miller, Jr., signed the agreement on behalf of his father as part of his father’s admission to Birchwood Care Center (Birchwood) in Fitchburg. Miller’s father later died while still a patient at Birchwood.