Agreement Compels Arbitration for Wrongful Death of Unborn Child

A Texas appellate court said a trial court erred in denying a motion to compel arbitration by finding that a woman suing over the death of her unborn son was a transportation worker and exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act. The 14th District Court of Appeals said there was insufficient evidence for the trial court to conclude that Elizabeth Martinez Silva was transporting goods across state lines.  The arbitration agreement Martinez signed when she started working for Builders FirstSource, later renamed as BFS Group LLC, clearly delegates to an arbitrator the authority...