Melden & Hunt, Inc. v. East Rio Hondo Water Supply Corporation

Chapter 150 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code generally requires that a sworn “certificate of merit” accompany a plaintiffs “complaint” in a case that “aris[es] out of the provision of professional services by a licensed or registered professional” named in the statute. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 150.002(a). The sworn certificate or affidavit must be from a similarly licensed professional who meets certain qualifications and attests to the lawsuit’s merit. Id. § 150.002(a), (b). If the plaintiff fails to file a compliant certificate of merit, the statute directs the complaint’s…