In Re Odyssey Healthcare, Inc.

In this negligence case, we must decide whether the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to grant the relator’s motion to compel arbitration. We conclude that it did. Here, the real party in interest failed to prove a valid defense against enforcement of her agreement to arbitrate disputes with her employer. Accordingly, we conclude the trial court abused its discretion in failing to compel arbitration, and we conditionally grant the writ of mandamus.

Guadalupe Morales worked in El Paso for Odyssey Healthcare, Inc., which provides hospice care. Morales alleges that she was injured at…