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KENNEDY HODGES, L.L.P. v. GOBELLAN

No. 13-0321.

433 S.W.3d 542 (2014)

KENNEDY HODGES, L.L.P., Petitioner, v. Ventura GOBELLAN, Jr. and Paula Gobellan, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory Reed , Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Kevin F. Risley , Zandra Elayne Foley , Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

John W. Griffin Jr. , Robert Edward McKnight Jr. , Marek, Griffin & Knaupp L.L.P., Robert P. Houston , Attorney at Law, Victoria, TX, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM.

A party waives its right to arbitration by substantially invoking the judicial process to the other party's detriment or prejudice. Proving waiver is a high hurdle due to the strong presumption against waiver of arbitration. This appeal concerns whether a law firm waived its right to arbitrate a fee dispute with former clients by litigating with a former associate. After the associate left the firm and took several clients with him, the firm sued the ...

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