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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
IRENE TRAVER, ADMINISTRATRIX OF : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE ESTATE OF CLAYTON L. TRAVER, : PENNSYLVANIA DECEASED : : : v. : : : RELIANT SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, : INC.; RELIANT LAKESIDE HOLDINGS, : LLC, D/B/A/, LAKESIDE HEALTH AND : REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIANT : SENIOR CARE MANAGEMENT, LLC; : RELIANT SENIOR CARE : PENNSYLVANIA, LLC; RSC MASTER : TENANT I, LLC; RSC CONSOLIDATED : HOLDINGS, LLC; HCR MANORCARE, : LLC; MANORCARE OF KINGSTON PA, : LLC D/B/A MANORCARE HEALTH : SERVICES - KINGSTON; : MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES, : INC., A/K/A MANORCARE HEALTH : SERVICES, LLC; HCR MANORCARE : HEARTLAND, LLC; MANOR CARE, : INC.; HCR MANORCARE, INC.; HCR : IV HEALTHCARE, LLC.; HCR III : HEALTHCARE, LLC; HCR II : HEALTHCARE, LLC; HCR : HEALTHCARE, LLC; HCRMC : OPERATIONS, LLC; HCR MANORCARE : OPERATIONS II, LLC. HCR MANOR : CARE SERVICES, LLC; HEARTLAND : EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, LLC; : GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL SENIOR : CARE, LLC; GGNSC WILKES-BARRE : II LP D/B/A GOLDEN LIVING CENTER : - SUMMIT; GGNSC HOLDINGS LLC; : GGNSC EQUITY HOLDINGS, LLC; : GGNSC ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES : LLC; GGNSC CLINICAL SERVICES, : LLC; GOLDEN GATE ANCILLARY, LLC; : WYNETTE WOLFORD, NHA; RIVER : J-A25043-19
RUN, LLC D/B/A RIVER RUN : REHABILITATION AND NURSING : CENTER; MOSHE SCEINER; NATHAN : STERN : : : APPEAL OF: GOLDEN GATE : NATIONAL SENIOR CARE, LLC; : GGNSC WILKES-BARRE II LP, D/B/A : GOLDEN LIVING CENTER - SUMMIT; : GGNSC HOLDINGS, LLC; GGNSC : EQUITY HOLDINGS, LLC; GGNSC : ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC; : GGNSC CLINICAL SERVICES LLC; : GOLDEN GATE ANCILLARY, LLC; AND : No. 452 MDA 2019 WYNETTE WOLFORD, NHA
Appeal from the Order Entered February 7, 2019 in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County Civil Division at No(s): 2016-3983
BEFORE: STABILE, J., McLAUGHLIN, J., and MUSMANNO, J.
MEMORANDUM BY MUSMANNO, J.: FILED: FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Golden Gate National Senior Care, LLC; GGNSC Wilkes-Barre II LP D/B/A
Golden Living Center - Summit ("the Golden Living Facility"); GGNSC
Holdings, LLC; GGNSC Equity Holdings, LLC; GGNSC Administrative Services,
LLC; GGNSC Clinical Services LLC; Golden Gate Ancillary, LLC; and Wynette
Wolford, NHA (collectively, "the Golden Living Defendants"), appeal from the
Order denying their Preliminary Objection, in the nature of a Motion to Compel
Arbitration, to the Complaint filed by Irene Traver ("Traver"), as Administratrix
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of the Estate of Clayton L. Traver, deceased ("the Estate").1 We affirm.
Between 2013 and 2015, Clayton L. Traver ("Decedent"), Traver's
husband, resided in several different nursing home facilities on multiple
occasions, including a residency at the Golden Living Facility from December
1, 2014, to December 19, 2014. Relevantly, when Decedent was admitted to
the Golden Living Facility, Traver signed an Admission Agreement and an
Arbitration Agreement on Decedent's behalf. Decedent died on March 20,
2015.
As Adminstratrix of the Estate, Traver initiated the instant action on April
14, 2016, by filing a Praecipe for Writ of Summons. Traver filed Praecipes to
Reissue the Writ