Edward O’Brien (Of Counsel-Louisville, KY | Merrillville, IN) succeeded in the Kentucky Court of Appeals, obtaining a reversal to a decision by a local trial court denying a motion to compel arbitration of negligence claims filed against the firm’s long-term care facility client. The plaintiff-resident’s daughter had power of attorney and authority to make decisions relating to her mother’s care and to claims and litigation. Based on this authority, the daughter executed a pre-dispute arbitration agreement upon her mother’s admission to the facility. The trial court denied the facility’s motion to compel arbitration, concluding that the daughter lacked authority to bind her mother to the arbitration agreement. In a rare reversal, the Court of Appeals held that the daughter had “all-encompassing authority to make decisions related to [her mother’s admission to the facility and that the power of attorney document] implicitly contemplates and expressly encompasses the power to bind” the mother to the arbitration agreement.