Legal Opinion
Firstlight Federal Credit Union v. Loya
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 7, 2015No. 08-14-00282-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice
FirstLight Federal Credit Union moved to compel arbitration of discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims filed by its former employee, Martha Loya. Loya argued that no agreement to arbitrate' existed between the parties because she had not signed the agreement, and that in any event, her claims did not fall within the scope of the arbitration agreement, and the agreement was illusory. The trial court denied FirstLight’s motion' to compel. ’
The key issues on appeal concern: (1) the effect of a delegation clause contained in the arbitration agreement, which…
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