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All articles tagged '"interlocutory appeal"'
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Supreme Court of Guam Upholds Harris County, Texas Court’s Order Confirming Arbitration Award
By Beth Graham - June 13, 2019
In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Guam has upheld a Texas court’s confirmation of an arbitration award that was issued against a Guam-based business.
Fifth Circuit Affirms Order Denying Arbitration Where Judicial Process Was Invoked
By Beth Graham - March 10, 2018
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in an unpublished opinion that a physician waived his right to arbitration by substantially invoking “the judicial process to the detriment or prejudice of the other party.”
Texas’ Twelfth COA Holds Arbitration Agreement in Employer’s Workplace Injury Plan Does Not Bind Worker’s Spouse
By Beth Graham - February 22, 2017
Texas’ Twelfth District Court of Appeals in Tyler has ruled that a nonsignatory spouse may not be bound by an arbitration agreement his wife entered into with her employer.
Texas Supreme Court Finds Arbitration Clause in Attorney-Client Contract Was Not Unconscionable, Against Public Policy or Illusory
By Renee Kolar - June 28, 2015
In Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, LLP v. Francisco (Frank) Lopez, the Texas supreme court reversed an interlocutory appeal from the Corpus Christi court of appeals, holding that the plaintiff did not prove that an arbitration provision in an attorney-client employment contract was substantively unconscionable nor did the plaintiff prove any other defense to the arbitration provision.
San Antonio COA Holds Firefighter is Collaterally Estopped From Challenging Arbitration in Health Benefits Dispute
By Beth Graham - May 7, 2015
Texas’s Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Antonio has ruled that a firefighter was collaterally estopped from challenging arbitration in a dispute over his medical benefits.
Fort Worth COA Orders Employment Dispute to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - March 18, 2015
Texas’ Second District Court of Appeals in Fort Worth has overturned a trial court’s order denying arbitration in an employment dispute. In Brand FX, LLC v. Rhine, No. 02-14-00249-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, February 26, 2015), a publicly traded Delaware company that manufactures trucking industry parts hired a Texas man, Rhine, to serve as its Chief Financial Officer in November 2013.
El Paso COA Holds Arbitration Agreement Was Not Illusory in Workplace Accident Case
By Beth Graham - December 24, 2014
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.
Houston COA Orders Arbitration After Man Ratifies Procedurally Unconscionable Agreement
By Beth Graham - October 21, 2014
Texas’ Fourteenth District Court of Appeals in Houston has overturned a trial court’s order denying a party’s motion to compel arbitration. In Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc. v. Kelley, No. 14-14-00072-CV (October 9, 2014), a man, Kelley, was hospitalized over the injuries he sustained in a workplace tractor-trailer accident.
Houston Court Holds it Lacks Jurisdiction to Consider Interlocutory Appeal After Trial Court Compels Arbitration
By Beth Graham - September 8, 2014
Houston’s First District Court of Appeals has dismissed an interlocutory appeal over a trial court’s order compelling arbitration “for want of jurisdiction.”
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Construction Dispute Should be Arbitrated
By Beth Graham - September 4, 2014
The Supreme Court of Texas has agreed to review whether an arbitration clause applies to a construction dispute between a developer, a builder, an architectural firm, and others.
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