Texas Supreme Court

In Re Dillard Department Stores, Inc. and Grizelda Reeder, Relators.

January 27, 200649 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 295

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the arbitration agreement signed by employee Andrea Martinez was valid and that her defamation claim fell within its scope, requiring the lower court to compel arbitration. Accordingly, the Court conditionally granted the petition for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to order arbitration.