Nearly every single long term care facility within the State of Florida
requires residents or their loved ones to execute its facility admissions
contract. The nursing home admission contract typically contains an arbitration
clause that is rarely explained to the prospective resident. By signing
the admissions contract, which contained the arbitration provision, the
resident was unable to have any claims presented in a jury trial as the
facility would move to seek enforcement of the arbitration clause. Our
Tampa Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers can assist you in investigating any possible claims of neglect or abuse
sustained while in a long term care facility.
Because the arbitration provisions essentially forfeited the legal rights
and getting adequate healthcare of nursing home residents, the federal
government recently issued a rule that bars any nursing home that receives
federal funding from requiring that its residents resolve any disputes
in arbitration, instead of court. This rule is scheduled to take effect
November 2016 and will only impact long term care admissions after November
2016. Should you have any questions pertaining to the resident admission
contract and/or an arbitration provision in a nursing home or assisted
living facility you may have signed, please
contact us, your Tampa Personal Injury Attorneys.
Our attorneys handle cases involving nursing home abuse and neglect throughout
Florida, including Broward County, Dade County, Hernando County, Hillsborough
County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Lee County, Manatee County, Polk
County, Orange County and Sarasota County. Should you have any questions
or require any assistance with a investigating possible abuse or neglect
sustained in an assisted living facility or nursing home, please contact us, your
Tampa Personal Injury Lawyers.