( August 3, 2023, 5:30 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina appellate court on Aug. 2 affirmed a lower court’s order denying a nursing home’s motion to dismiss, to compel arbitration and to stay in a suit against it alleging negligence related to a resident’s incurring a hip fracture, finding that the resident’s agent acting pursuant to a health care power of attorney (HCPOA) lacked the authority to enter the arbitration agreement on his behalf....