Supreme Court of Texas

Tortious interference with contract claims between a signatory to an arbitration agreement and agents or affiliates of the other signatory arise more from the contract than general law, and thus, must be arbitrated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/17/2006
• Published 03/17/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Wade Caven Crosnoe, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, J. Richard Harmon, Shawn W. Phelan, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP, Dallas, Ralph H. Duggins, Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P., David F. Farris, Lively, Padfield & Stout, Fort Worth, for Vesta Insurance Group Inc., Wade Caven Crosnoe, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, for Vesta Fire Insurance Corporation., Marshall M. Searcy Jr., Brandon T. Hurley, Kelly Hart & Hallman, P.C., Fort Worth, for William Perry Cronin., R.H. Wallace Jr., Monika G. Cooper, John Christopher Nickelson, Joseph W. Spence, Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P., Fort Worth, for James E. Tait., William L. Kirkman, Bourland & Kirkman, Fort Worth, for Robert H. Merrill, National Benefit Advisory Association, American Administrative Services Inc., Insurance Consultants of America Inc., American Business Management Inc., Walker C. Friedman, Christian Douglas Tucker, Friedman Suder & Cooke, P.C., Fort Worth, for Jimmy K. Walker., John L. Malesovas, Malesovas & Martin, L.L.P., Waco, Donald H. Ray, Ray & Wilson, Fort Worth, James A. Baker, Hughes & Luce, LLP, Dallas, for James H. Cashion, Jr.