Rick Thompson represented the employer in an original proceeding to enforce an arbitration agreement in an Employee Injury Benefit Plan, which was signed by the employee who was killed during the course and scope of his employment. The trial court and court of appeals refused to enforce the arbitration agreement against the employee’s surviving family members who had not signed the Plan. The Texas Supreme Court held that the surviving family members, as wrongful death beneficiaries, were derivative claimants and were therefore bound by the decedent’s agreement to arbitrate. The Court conditionally granted the employer’s petition for writ of mandamus and directed the trial court to enter an order compelling arbitration of the surviving family members’ claims against the employer. In re Golden Peanut Co., 298 S.W.3d 629 (Tex. 2009).