DocketNumber: 01-21-00139-CV
Filed Date: 4/13/2021
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 4/19/2021
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER Appellate case name: T&T Engineering Services, Inc. v. Jordan Danks Appellate case number: 01-21-00139-CV Trial court case number: 2020-46799 Trial court: 281st District Court of Harris County Appellant T&T Engineering Services, Inc. (“T&T”) has filed an interlocutory appeal challenging the trial court’s denial of T&T’s motion to dismiss pursuant to section 150.002 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code. In any action for damages “arising out of the provision of professional services by a licensed or registered professional,” a party seeking such damages “shall be required to file with the complaint an affidavit of a third-party” professional demonstrating that the party’s claims have merit. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 150.002; see also Pedernal Energy, LLC v. Bruington Eng’g, Ltd.,536 S.W.3d 487
, 494 (Tex. 2017). T&T has filed an opposed “Motion to Stay the Trial Court Proceedings Pending Interlocutory Appeal,” requesting that we stay the trial court proceedings pending resolution of this appeal. More than ten days have passed since T&T filed its motion, and appellee, Jordan Danks, has not responded to the motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.3(a). T&T’s motion to stay the trial court proceedings pending resolution of this interlocutory appeal is granted. See TEX. R. APP. P. 29.3 (permitting appellate court to “make any temporary orders necessary to preserve the parties’ rights until disposition of the appeal”). All proceedings in the trial court in Cause No. 2020-46799, Jordan Danks v. T&T Engineering Services, Inc. and TEBJES, Inc. d/b/a Basic Equipment are stayed pending resolution of this appeal or further order of this Court. It is so ORDERED. Judge’s signature: ___/s/ April Farris_________ Acting individually Acting for the Court Date: __April 13, 2021____