ANCO Insurance Services of Houston, Inc. v. Romero

OPINION

Opinion by:

PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.

This accelerated appeal poses the question of whether a corporation can invoke an arbitration provision in a settlement agreement when the corporation’s name was stricken from the agreement by the corporation’s agent during the course of the agreement’s negotiation. Under the facts of this case, we agree with the trial court that it cannot.

ANCO Insurance Services of Houston, Inc. d/b/a Wood/Menna & Company (“ANCO”) challenges the trial court’s order denying a motion to compel arbitration. In support of its broad issue that the trial court…