Fernando Osornia v. Amerimex Motor & Controls, Inc.

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying a defendant’s application to compel arbitration under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 171.021. Because the claims asserted against the defendant by the plaintiff do not fall within the scope of the arbitration agreement, the trial court did not err in refusing to compel arbitration, and we affirm the trial court’s order.

I. Factual and PROCEDURAL Background

In 2008, appellee/plaintiff AmeriMex Motor & Controls, Inc. and others filed suit against appellant/defendant Fernando…