Small v. SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS, INC.

OPINION

Opinion By Justice MURPHY.

This is an appeal from an order compelling arbitration in a shareholder dispute. After compelling all pending disputes to arbitration, the trial court signed an order dismissing the litigation without prejudice. In his first issue, appellant Donald B. Small contends three of the appellees, Specialty Contractors, Inc., Billy Don Elliott, and Leland T. Skinner (collectively, “Specialty defendants”) waived any right to arbitrate by substantially invoking the judicial process. In his second issue, Small argues his non-suit of appellees LDD, L.P. and ESS…