Levinson Alcoser Associates, L.P. v. El Pistolón II, Ltd.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying a motion to dismiss under Chapter 150 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the statute that applies to suits against architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 150.001(l-a). The chapter generally requires that a sworn “certificate of merit” accompany a plaintiffs complaint in any case “arising out of the provision of professional services by a licensed or registered professional” named in the statute. Id. § 150.002(a). The certificate or affidavit must be from a similarly licensed…