Texas High Court: Homeowner’s Wife, Children Must Arbitrate Home Defects Claims

Mealey's (January 31, 2023, 1:06 PM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A homeowner’s wife and children must arbitrate mold claims relating to the house they occupy even though they were not signatories to the home’s purchase agreement, which contained an arbitration agreement, because they benefited from their occupancy of the home, the Texas Supreme Court held in reversing an appellate court’s decision finding that the doctrine of direct-benefits estoppel could not be applied to compel the wife and children to arbitrate....