Legal Opinion
In Re Alamo Lumber Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided June 21, 2000No. 04-00-00108-CVPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.
Alamo Lumber Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vaughan & Sons, Inc. (Alamo), seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the Honorable George M. Thurmond to compel arbitration of claims brought against Alamo by five of its former employees (the Employees). 1 The central issue we must resolve is whether the parties’ arbitration agreement is supported by consideration.
Factual and PROCEDURAL Background
Effective June 1, 1997, Alamo instituted an “Open Door Policy for Dispute Resolution” (the Policy), which required arbitration of all disputes arising out of employment with…
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