Today, the Texas Supreme Court handed down In re: Labatt Food Service, L.P., __ S.W.3d _ Texas (2009) (Cause No. 07-0419). The opinion resolves the issue of whether nonsignatories to an arbitration agreement should be compelled to arbitrate claims when the decedent’s claims would have to be arbitrated.
On a related note, S.B. 222 is currently being considered by the Texas Legislature. The bill deals, in part, with the extension of the Texas Arbitration Act to nonsignatory parties.
Special thanks to Jeff Jury for bringing this case to our attention.
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