NABORS DRILLING USA, LP v. PENA

No. 04-11-00910-CV.

385 S.W.3d 103 (2012)

NABORS DRILLING USA, LP, Appellant v. Eder PENA, Individually, Maria Enriqueta Pena, Individually, and as Next Friend of Esmeralda and Edna Pena, Minors, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

August 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Smith , Adraon D. Greene , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Manuel Guerra III , Edinburg, TX, Richard C. Woolsey , Barger, Hermansen, McKibben & Villarreal, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Chief Justice, PHYLIS J. SPEEDLIN and REBECCA SIMMONS, Justices.


OPINION

Opinion by: PHYLIS J. SPEEDLIN, Justice.

Nabors Drilling USA, LP appeals the trial court's order denying its motion to compel arbitration. Because we hold that a valid agreement to arbitrate exists that covers the claims at issue in this suit, we reverse the trial court's order and remand for entry of an order compelling arbitration and staying all other proceedings.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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