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.

We’ve now spent several posts extolling the virtues of using special masters in such fervent tones that the invention of sliced bread has begun to pale by comparison. So why aren’t people using special masters on a routine basis to obtain these terrific benefits?

Texas’ Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio has affirmed a trial court’s order confirming an arbitrator’s award in a work injury dispute. In Saiz v. Susser Holdings Corp. and Stripes LLC, No. 04-14-00487-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, March 11, 2015), a worker, Saiz, was injured in a 2010 workplace accident. At the time, her employer, Susser Holdings Corp. and Stripes LLC (‘the Companies”), did not carry workers’ compensation insurance under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act.

Vanderbilt Law School Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick has published “The End of Class Actions?,” Arizona Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2015; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-2; Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-5.