PRICE v. DAMES & MOORE

No. A089052.

112 Cal.Rptr.2d 65 (2001)

92 Cal.App.4th 355

Carol L. PRICE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DAMES & MOORE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

September 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan H. Handelman, San Jose, Terry Anastassiou; Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, San Francisco, for Appellant.

Jan T. Chilton, Severson & Werson, San Francisco, for Respondent: Montgomery Watson Americas, Inc.

Jeffrey M. Hamerling, Rachel E. Boehn; Steinhart & Falconer LLP, San Francisco, for Respondent: Dames & Moore.


PARRILLI, J.

Before serving a professional negligence complaint against a licensed engineer, the plaintiffs attorney must file a certificate of merit declaring that "there is reasonable and meritorious cause" for filing the action. The declaration must be based on the attorney's consultation with a licensed engineer who is not a party, whom the attorney "reasonably believes is knowledgeable in the relevant issues,"...

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