Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced a settlement in the case against the Senita Ridge assisted living facility that will end all secrecy clauses in the facility’s arbitration agreements. The Attorney General intervened in a case filed by a former resident where the judge ordered the parties to participate in a secret arbitration proceeding. Senita Ridge agreed to remove the secrecy requirement from all existing and future arbitration agreements. The Adult Protective Services Act gives the Attorney General the right to intervene in any elder abuse case not only to remedy past harm to the victim, but to prevent the facilities from causing harm to other vulnerable adults in the future.
