Most Common Business Disputes in Texas

Disagreement is part of life. When disputes involve business interests, however, they can often be emotional and complicated. Often, each side is right and wrong in its ways.

Business disputes can occur for any number of reasons. Here are three of the more common bases for disagreement.

Contract Disputes

If you ask attorneys, “What is a chicken?” many will have flashbacks to law school. As part of contract law courses, law students have to read an infamous 1960 case about two companies that disagreed about what was meant by “chicken.”

Over six decades later, contract disputes remain a common source of disagreement in business. Many contract disputes begin with seemingly innocuous terms. For example:

• Deliveries must be made by two.
• Payment must be made by the seventh day of the month.

Both sentences seem straightforward. Are deliveries required to be made by 2 am or 2 pm? Does the seventh day mean calendar or business days?

Contract disputes can be complicated because, often, both sides are right and wrong. Determining which one is “more” right can be challenging.

Disagreements Between Business Partners

Much like marriage, business partnerships usually start on an optimistic note. Also, like marriage, disagreements happen.

A business is struggling, and the partners have drastically different ideas about how to turn things around. A married couple founded a business together, but now they’re divorcing, and each wants the business. One partner may be ready to close a business, and the other may want to keep going.

These disputes can also turn highly personal. Business partners often have longstanding relationships, and disagreements can often feel highly personal.

Accidents and Negligence

A customer falls and sustains an injury while shopping in a store. Is the store liable? It depends.

In some of these cases, it’s easier and more financially sound to settle. In other cases, business owners and their employees will need to prepare for depositions.

A good legal team can help a business owner understand their options and how to navigate personal injury cases in a way that minimizes harm to their business.

Hire a Skilled Business Lawyer Who Knows Texas

Business disputes can occur for a variety of reasons. If you have questions about finding resolutions to business disputes in Texas, the attorneys at Manfred Law can help. Call us at 713-547-5460 or contact us online to schedule your consultation.