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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Abramson finds the circuit court properly denied the health and rehab center’s motion to compel arbitration of the wrongful death complaint brought by the special administratrix of the estate of the deceased. The administratrix did not have authority to bind the deceased to an arbitration agreement. The U.S. Supreme Court, in overruling a cited case, has held that the requirement of an express delegation of authority in a power of attorney to agree to arbitration unlawfully singles out arbitration agreements for different treatment from other agreements in violation of the Federal Arbitration Act. The power-of-attorney statutes at issue do not discriminate against arbitration agreements and the circuit court’s decision does not conflict with the cited case. Affirmed.