Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. v. Elsey

OPINION

Ken Wise, Justice

In this interlocutory appeal, two engineering companies challenge the trial court’s denial of their motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ wrongful death claims’ for failure to file a certificate of merit as required by section 150.002 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code. The companies contend that the trial court abused its discretion because the plaintiffs’ claims that the companies were grossly negligent for failing provide a safe workplace for the deceased, an engineer employed by the companies, were claims arising out of the provision of professional…