Williams Industries, Inc. v. Earth Development Systems Corp.

OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

Appellant, Williams Industries, Inc. (‘Williams”), takes this interlocutory appeal from the denial of its application to compel arbitration and to stay proceedings. See Tex. Civ. PRAC. & Rem.Code Ann. § 171.098(a)(1) (Vernon Supp.2003) (authorizing such interlocutory appeal). We determine (1) whether Williams showed that the claims that it sought to arbitrate fell within the scope of two arbitration agreements and (2) whether appellee, Earth Development Systems Corp. (“EDS”), showed that Williams waived the right to arbitrate those claims. We reverse the judgment and…