KARLSENG v. COOKE

No. 05-09-01002-CV.

346 S.W.3d 85 (2011)

Robert C. KARLSENG, Karlseng Law Firm, P.C., Ashley Brigham Patten, Patten & Karlseng, P.C., Jacques Yves LeBlanc, and LeBlanc, Patten and Karlseng Law Firm, P.C., Appellants, v. H. Jonathan COOKE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Overruled September 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Lea Hays , Godwin Ronquillo, P.C., Blake L. Beckham , Beckham & Thomas, L.L.P., James A. McCorquodale , Kleiman Lawrence Baskind Fitzgerald, L.L.P., Dallas, for Appellants.

Geoffrey Scott Harper , M. Brett Johnson , Elizabeth M. Bedell , Thomas M. Melsheimer , Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, for Appellee.

Before Justices FITZGERALD, LANGMIERS, and FILLMORE.


OPINION

Opinion By Justice FITZGERALD.

This is an appeal from an order confirming an arbitrator's award of approximately $22 million in favor of appellee. Appellants raise four issues on appeal. In their first issue, they contend that their rights were prejudiced by the evident partiality of the arbitrator because the arbitrator failed to disclose his close personal and professional relationship with appellee's counsel.1 We conclude...

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