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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
APRIL 22, 2009 Session

CORINE BROADNAX, Individually and as heir and on behalf of the Estate of Mary Alice Johnson v. QUINCE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC, ET AL.
Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Shelby County
No. CT-004880-05 Rita Stotts, Judge

No. W2008-02130-COA-R3-CV - Filed August 10, 2009
The parties to a nursing home Admission Agreement dispute the enforceability of its arbitration provision. The trial court refused to enforce the arbitration provision.  The nursing home appealed. For the following reasons, we reverse the decision of the circuit court and remand for entry of an order compelling arbitration.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3; Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Circuit Court Reversed and
Remanded

ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J.,W.S., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., and
J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., joined.
Rebecca Adelman, Chase Pittman, Peter B. Winterburn, Memphis, TN, for Appellants
Michael C. Skouteris, Russell W. Lewis, IV,  Memphis, TN, for Appellee
I. FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On May 12, 2000, Mary Alice Johnson (

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