Vibra Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso, LLC D/B/A Highlands Rehabilitation Hospital, Sabra Texas Holdings, L.P. and Diana Schultz v. Ramiro Illarramendi, Jr. ( 2024 )

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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VIBRA REHABILITATION
HOSPITAL OF EL PASO, LLC § No. 08-23-00137-CV
d/b/a HIGHLANDS
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, § Appeal from the
SABRA TEXAS HOLDINGS, L.P.,
and DIANA SCHULTZ, § 120th Judicial District Court
Appellants, § of El Paso County, Texas
v.
§ (TC# 2022DCV2999)
RAMIRO ILLARRAMENDI, JR.,
§
Appellee.
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JUDGMENT
The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes the trial court’s order
should be affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part. The order of the trial court denying
the motion to compel arbitration in regard to Sabra Texas Holdings, L.P. is affirmed. The portion
of the trial court’s order denying the motion to compel arbitration in regard to Highlands
Rehabilitation Hospital and Diana Schultz is reversed and remanded to the trial court for further
proceedings consistent with the opinion of this Court.
We further order that Highlands Rehabilitation Hospital and Diana Schultz recover from
Ramiro Illarramendi, Jr. one-half of the costs of appeal, for which let execution issue. See Tex. R.
App. P. 43.5. This decision shall be certified below for observance.
IT IS ORDERED THIS 17TH DAY OF MAY 2024.
JEFF ALLEY, Chief Justice
Before Alley, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.
Palafox, J., concurring and dissenting in part