CDI Corporation v. Total Specialities USA, Inc.

OPINION

Ken Wise, Justice

This case involves a plaintiffs failure to file a certificate of merit, as required under Chapter 150 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, in a case arising at least in part out of the defendant’s provision of professional engineering services. Appellant CDI Corporation (CDI) contends that the trial court abused its discretion by denying its request for a dismissal of the case with prejudice when appellee TOTAL Specialties USA Inc. (TOTAL) stipulated that the reason it failed to file the certificate is that TOTAL and its attorneys did not know that a…