In Re Fleetwood Homes of Texas, L.P.
Texas Supreme Court
1Per curiam
Parties that “conduct full discovery, file motions going to the merits, and seek arbitration only on the eve of trial” waive any contractual right to arbitration. In re Vesta Ins. Group, Inc., 192 S.W.3d 759, 764 (Tex.2006). The relators here did none of those, instead merely discussing a potential trial setting and sending a set of written discovery the day before moving to compel arbitration. The trial court held the relators waived arbitration, and a divided court of appeals denied mandamus relief. 2006 WL 3028222. We disagree, and thus conditionally grant it. See In re Weekley, 180 S.W.3d…
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