Legal Opinion

Lucchese Boot Co. v. Solano

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 29, 2015No. 08-14-00229-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice

Appellants Lucchese Boot Company, Bartolo Mata, and Rigoberto Gutierrez seek reversal of the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration against former employee Jose Solano. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

In 2007, Solano filed a non-subscriber negligence suit against Lucchese after allegedly suffering three work-related injuries. Lucchese initially sought to compel arbitration against Solano under the terms of its Area Brands Texas Injury Ben'efit Plan (the Benefit Plan). The trial court denied Lucchese’s motion to compel Solano to…

2Cases cited31 opinions

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