COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

A-1 FREEMAN MOVING & STORAGE § No. 08-23-00001-CV LLC AND A-1 FREEMAN NORTH AMERICA INC., § Appeal from the Appellants, § 448th Judicial District Court v. § of El Paso County, Texas ARACELI ORTIZ GALINDO, § (TC# 2022DCV1753) Appellee.

JUDGMENT The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes there was error in the judgment. We reverse the trial court’s order denying the motion to compel arbitration as to A-1 Freeman Moving, affirm the trial court’s order denying the motion to compel arbitration as to A-1 Freeman NA, and remand to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with our opinion.

We further order that Appellant and Appellee each pay one-half (1/2) the costs of this appeal. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 23RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2023.

LISA J. SOTO, Justice Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, Soto, JJ.

Palafox, J., dissenting without separate opinion