Legal Opinion
In Re Golden Peanut Co., LLC
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided November 13, 2008No. 11-08-00215-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICK STRANGE, Justice.
This is a mandamus proceeding complaining of the trial court’s order denying Golden Peanut Company, LLC’s motion to abate and compel arbitration. We deny the petition.
I. Background Facts
Golden Peanut did not subscribe to workers’ compensation insurance. It instead provided employees with an Employee Injury Benefit Plan under the Employ ee Retirement Income Security Act. 1 That plan included medical and disability benefits for injured employees and a death benefit in the case of job-related fatalities. Golden Peanut also gave its employees a document entitled…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Walker v. PackerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Pool v. Ford Motor Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
- Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
- J.M. Davidson, Inc. v. WebsterTexas Supreme Court · 2003
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Peleg v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2012
- Carr v. MAIN CARR DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2011
- In Re Golden Peanut Co., LLCTexas Supreme Court · 2009
- Jones v. Morales, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010
- Hartford Life Insurance Company, Jan Mohamed, and King Mohamed & Associates, Inc. v. Michael Forman, Individually and Michael Forman, M.D., P.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
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