Validity of Arbitration Agreements Under Section 171.001 of the TAA, written agreements to arbitrate are generally valid and enforceable in Texas. This section ensures that, barring any specific legal exceptions, parties bound by a written agreement to arbitrate must settle their disputes outside of court.
In some instances, you may be able to sue if you signed a valid arbitration agreement. While courts generally favor arbitration agreements, they will allow you to file a lawsuit if either you didn't understand your rights or your claims fall outside the arbitration provision's scope.
Under Section 171.001 of the TAA, written agreements to arbitrate are generally valid and enforceable in Texas.
However, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that an employer can simply notify at-will employees of the details of an arbitration program it is adopting, and the employees can be bound to that arbitration program by continuing their employment, even if they never sign anything.
A “submission agreement” (also called an “agreement to arbitrate”) is a written agreement between two parties that establishes the use of arbitration to settle a dispute (or any and all disputes) that may arise between them.
Because the debtor is a business or individual located in Texas, the next step is to prepare and file an application to confirm the arbitration award in court—with the end-goal of getting a Texas judgment against the debtor. Then, collection of the debt can be pursued via post-judgment procedures.
(1) The Part 8 procedure is the procedure set out in this Part. (2) A claimant may, unless any enactment, rule or practice direction states otherwise, use the Part 8 procedure where they seek the court's decision on a question which is unlikely to involve a substantial dispute of fact.
176.3 Limitations. (a) Range. A person may not be required by subpoena to appear or produce documents or other things in a county that is more than 150 miles from where the person resides or is served.
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 151 governs suits after the death of a plaintiff: If the plaintiff dies, the heirs, or the administrator or executor of such decedent may appear and upon suggestion of such death being entered of record in open court, may be made plaintiff, and the suit shall proceed in his or her name.
45. If the court of appeals determines that an appeal is frivolous, it may - on motion of any party or on its own initiative, after notice and a reasonable opportunity for response - award each prevailing party just damages.