Once upon a time, if there was doubt about whether an arbitration agreement was subject to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), a party complaining of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration had to file (1) an interlocutory appeal AND (2) a petition for writ of mandamus, then seek to consolidate the two separate
December 2010
When to Raise Summary Judgment Grounds
By Mike Northrup on
Posted in Summary Judgment
A party seeking summary judgment must raise all its grounds in the motion itself; raising a ground for summary judgment at the summary judgment hearing will not support the summary judgment if the judgment is attacked on appeal.
In Ritchey v. Pinnell, Brenda Ritchey brought suit against Steven and Amy Pinnell after Ritchey…