LENNAR HOMES OF TEXAS LAND v. WHITELEY

No. 21-0783.

672 S.W.3d 367 (2023)

LENNAR HOMES OF TEXAS LAND AND CONSTRUCTION, LTD. and Lennar Homes of Texas Sales and Marketing, Ltd., Petitioners, v. Kara WHITELEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret E. Bryant , Timothy F. Lee , Rachel Anne Ekery , Houston, Nicholas B. Bacarisse , Wallace B. Jefferson , Austin, J. Don Jackson , for Petitioner.

Kurt Kuhn , Austin, Carl J. Wilkerson , Arlington, Lisa B. Hobbs , Austin, for Amici Curiae Taylor Woodrow Communities League City, Ltd., Taylor Morrison of Texas, Inc.

Patrick D. Sullivan , Dylan B. Russell , Houston, for Amicus Curiae Legend Classic Homes, Ltd.

Amy Lynn Nilsen , Stephen Eric Irving , Earnest W. Wotring , Houston, David Funderburk , Diane S. Davis , Bryan, for Respondent Big Texas Air Conditioning, Inc.

Warren Wise , Greg C. Wilkins , Beaumont, Christopher Alan Mckinney , for Respondent Xalt Holding, LLC f/k/a DPIS Engineering, LL.

Dax O. Faubus , Houston, for Respondent Whiteley, Kara.

Manuel (Ned) Munoz, Jr. , Dylan B. Russell , Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of Builders.


This interlocutory appeal concerns whether a subsequent purchaser of a home is required to arbitrate her claims against the builder for alleged construction defects. The trial court granted the builder's motion to compel arbitration, and the builder joined two subcontractors in the arbitration,...

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