Texas Appeals Panel Skeptical Pipeline Death Falls Under FAA

By Spencer Brewer ( January 13, 2026, 7:37 PM EST) -- A Texas appeals panel seemed hesitant to buy Energy Transfer's argument that it can compel arbitration in a suit brought by the family of a man killed in a pipeline explosion, asking Tuesday whether the employee's work qualifies as interstate commerce and therefore falls outside the Federal Arbitration Act....

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