Rent-A-Center Inc. v. Anita Ellis

WALKER, CHIEF JUSTICE:

After Respondent Anita Ellis was terminated from employment, she filed workers' compensation discrimination claims against Petitioners Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Rent-A-Center East, Inc. Relying on the arbitration agreement that Respondent signed at the time she was hired, Petitioners moved to compel arbitration. Respondent challenged the arbitration agreement's delegation clause, which required that any challenge to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of the agreement be resolved by the arbitrator and not any court, on the grounds that it was…