Court Rejects Nonsubscribing Employer's Challenge to Arbitration Award

A Texas appellate court rejected a nonsubscribing employer’s challenge to an arbitrator’s award of damages to an injured employee, finding the company waived its claim that the award was tainted by the arbitrator’s bias. Case: Load Trail LLC v. Julian, No. 06-19-00099-CV, 01/07/2021, published. Facts: Joseph Julian began working for Load Trail LLC in May 2017. Load Trail was a trailer manufacturer in Sumner. Julian’s job consisted of transporting parts from a rack to assembly line welders. Julian was injured approximately two months after he began working for Lo...