AMERICO LIFE, INC. v. MYER

No. 12-0739.

440 S.W.3d 18 (2014)

AMERICO LIFE, INC., Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Great Southern Life Insurance Company, The Ohio State Life Insurance Company, and National Farmers Union Life Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Robert L. MYER and Strider Marketing Group, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 20, 2014.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin R. DeYoung , Roger B. Cowie , Locke Lord LLP, Dallas, G. Alan Waldrop , Mike A. Hatchell , Susan A. Kidwell , Locke Lord LLP, Austin, TX, for Petitioners.

Amy L. Saberian , Craig T. Enoch , Melissa Prentice Lorber , Enoch Kever PLLC, D. Douglas Brothers , George Brothers Kincaid & Horton, L.L.P., Peter E. Ferraro , The Ferraro Law Firm, Austin, TX, for Respondents.


Justice BROWN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice HECHT, Justice GREEN, Justice GUZMAN and Justice DEVINE joined.

This is an arbitration case. The petitioners contend the court of appeals erroneously imposed a requirement for the selection of arbitrators beyond those the parties agreed upon in their arbitration agreement. For the reasons explained below, we reverse.

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