The Fifth Circuit heard arguments yesterday on Halliburton‘s appeal of Jones v. Halliburton, coming from the Southern District of Texas. The lower court refused to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s claims for: assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress arising out of an alleged assault, negligent hiring, retention and supervision of employees involved in the assault, and false imprisonment. That court, however, stayed litigation of those claims until the parties complete arbitration of plaintiff’s arbitrable claims.
We will blog on the Fifth Circuit’s decision when the opinion comes out. A WSJ article about the case is here. Also, Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society/ Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society v. JRY, is a recent case on arbitration of tort claims decided by the Fifth Circuit blogged here. Geraldine Nicholas v. KBR, Inc. is another recent case involving arbitration of employment-related claims blogged here.
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