Laswell

*1402 Opinion

Defendants AG Seal Beach, LLC, AG Facilities Operations, LLC, and Country Villa Service Corporation appeal from the trial court’s order denying their petition to compel arbitration of plaintiff Louise Laswell’s action against them for elder abuse and related claims. Because we conclude that the trial court erred in denying the petition to compel arbitration, we reverse the order and remand the matter for entry of a new order granting the petition.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. The Complaint, Answer and the Trial Court’s Grant of Trial Preference

On June 26, 2009, Laswell, by and through her daughter Susan Lyons, under a power of attorney, filed a complaint alleging that Laswell had received improper care and treatment at the 24-hour health facility in Seal Beach where she resided from October 21, 2008, to December 10, 2008. Laswell was admitted into the facility at age 92 for postoperative rehabilitative care following hip surgery. In her complaint, she named as defendants AG Seal Beach, LLC, the licensee and operator of the health facility doing business as Country Villa Seal Beach Healthcare Center; AG Facilities Operations, LLC, the owner of AG Seal…