Judge Properly Denied Classwide Arbitration Over Home Defects, Panel Says

(April 20, 2018, 2:31 PM EDT) -- FORT WORTH, Texas — A trial court judge in Texas did not err when refusing to subject a home warranty company to classwide arbitration for claims brought by a couple, a Texas appeals panel ruled April 19, holding that the matter was a gateway issue properly addressed by the judge and that the couple’s limited warranty with the company did not allow for classwide arbitration (Nathan Robinson, et al. v. Home Owners Management Enterprise Inc., et al., No. 02-16-00380-CV, Texas App., 2nd Dist., 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 2787)....