The Court of Appeals of Texas in El Paso has ordered a workplace personal injury case to arbitration. In ReadyOne Industries, Inc. v. Carreon, No. 08–13–00150–CV (Tex. App – El Paso, December 10, 2014), a man, Carreon, filed a lawsuit against his employer, ReadyOne, after he was allegedly hurt in a 2011 workplace accident.

In Part Three we urged that, notwithstanding rules, admonitions and the fervent desire for efficient resolution of disputes, our current system of litigation creates incentives to drive up the costs of litigation. So how do we change these incentives?

Ramona Lampley, Assistant Professor of Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law, has published “The Price of Justice: An Analysis of the Costs That Are Appropriately Considered in a Cost-Based Vindication of Statutory Rights Defense to an Arbitration Agreement,” Brigham Young University Law Review, No. 4, 2013.

Texas’ Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston has affirmed a probate court’s order denying arbitration. In the case, In the Estate of Rosa Elvia Guerrero, No. 14–13–00580–CV (Tex. App. – 14th, September 4, 2014), a woman, Guerrero, agreed to purchase a used sport utility vehicle from a Chevrolet dealership, Champion. As part of the agreement, the woman signed a retail installment sales contract, a security agreement, a buyer’s order, and an arbitration agreement.