Appeals Court Upholds $1.3 Million Award against Nonsubscriber

By John P. Kamin, ReporterA dispute about competing arbitration agreements did not change an injured worker's entitlement to a $1.3 million arbitration award against his nonsubscribing employer for a crush injury, Texas' 1st District Court of Appeals concluded.The appellate court issued a published decision in the case of Forged Components v. Ricky Guzman, which featured a dispute about whether a plaintiff worker could enforce a pretrial agreement to go into arbitration. The case arose when Ricky Guzman, a machine operator for Forged Components, was hit by a forklift. Michael Callahan,...