Parties Bound to Arbitrate Construction Dispute, Texas Appeals Court Rules

HOUSTON — Parties to a construction contract are bound by an arbitration clause contained in a separate but related document, a Texas appeals court has ruled, explaining that the contract expressly incorporated the document and its terms.

In a March 5 opinion, the Texas 14th Court of Appeals explained that a valid agreement to arbitrate exists when a signed contract incorporates by reference another document containing the arbitration.

LDF Construction Inc. remodeled and performed repairs to the Chabad Lubacitch Center of Houston for the price of $3,185,245.

Chabad claims that certain aspects of the construction were deficient or otherwise …