Tag Archives: Jonathan Rosenfeld

Nursing homes are free to use binding arbitration agreements in their contracts with residents, barring victims and their families from suing the homes even in extreme cases of personal injury and wrongful death, the Supreme Court ruled in February. Decision overturns West Virginia ruling that allowed malpractice lawsuits against homes Binding arbitration strips consumers of right to have their say in court Inspect nursing home contract before signing and demand that arbitration clauses be removed   Matter of Public Policy …

In early summer of 2005, a 13-year-old boy sought counseling at a Virginia facility known as Empowering Families. The counseling center was run by a man named Daniel Price, who had employed a counselor by the name of James Davis who was assigned to the boy’s case. Davis had just been hired by Price a few months prior to counseling the boy. Throughout the course of the counseling, Davis allegedly made repeated sexual advances toward the boy and on several …