Jenna Cooley Goldblum, B. Todd Cooley, and John W. Cooley, Individually and on behalf of their mother, Joan S. Cooley v. Mandeville Shelter Care, L.L.C., Schonberg Living, L.L.C., D.C. Schonberg & Associates, L.L.C., Passages, L.L.C., d/b/a Passages Hospice, Kristie Bankston, and David D. Tran, M.D.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

JENNA COOLEY GOLDBLUM, B. TODD NO. 2021 CW 1275
COOLEY, AND JOHN W. COOLEY,
INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF
THEIR DECEASED MOTHER, JOAN S.

COOLEY

VERSUS

MANDEVILLE SHELTER CARE,
L. L. C., SCHONBERG LIVING,
L. L. C., D. C. SCHONBERG &

ASSOCIATES, L. L. C., PASSAGES,
L. L. C., D/ B/ A PASSAGES HOSPICE,
KRISTIE BANKSTON, AND DAVID D.
JANUARY 21, 2022
IRAN, M. D.

In Re: Mandeville Shelter Care, LLC d/ b/ a/ Beau Provence and

D. C.Schonberg & Associates, LLC and Kristie Bankston,

applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District
Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 2019- 15802.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, HOLDRIDGE, AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

JMG
WRC

Holdridge, J., concurs and would deny the writ, as the
transcript of the August 3, 2021 hearing on defendants' " Motion
to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings Brought in Violation
of Arbitration Agreement" reveals no evidence was introduced or
admitted during the hearing, including the subject arbitration

agreement. The party seeking to enforce an arbitration

agreement carries the burden of proving the existence of a valid
arbitration agreement. See Alfortish v. GreenSky, LLC, No. CV
16- 15084, 2017 WL 699830, * 3( E. D. La. 2/ 22/ 17) ( citing FIA Card
Services, N. A. v. Weaver, 2010- 1372 ( La. 3/ 15/ 11), 62 So. 3d 709,
719). Accordingly, the trial court did not err in denying
defendants' motion.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT