General Impact Glass & Windows Corp. v. Rollac Shutter of Texas, Inc.

The plaintiff, General Impact Glass & Windows Corp. (“General Impact”), appeals from a non-final order granting the defendant’s, Rollac Shutter of Texas, Inc. (“Rollac”), motion to compel arbitration. We reverse.

General Impact is a Florida corporation that purchases and installs hurricane shutters. Rollac distributes hurricane shutter components from Texas. In the past, General Impact obtained shutters through Raul Barandiaran (“the sales representative”), who worked for a Miami company. In 2005, the sales representative was hired by Rollac, and convinced General Impact to continue doing…