Winston Churchill once said ” The greatest gift the English people gave America was the right to a trial by jury “. Nursing home operators do not believe in this fundamental right . Nursing homes have been placing arbitration clauses in their contracts which prevents one from suing the nursing home if they are negligent . These arbitration clauses prevent the nursing homes from being held accountable when they are quilty of wrong doing. Now , you can help fix the problem . Please contact your Congressman are urge them to support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 to help stop these abuses of mandatory arbitration clauses . If we do not act now , the court house door may be closed forever . The only way to stop nursing home abuse is with the power of the courts.
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