§ 128.051.Definitions

Five definitions, and three of them build an expert report regime modelled on medical liability.

"Claim" means any relief sought in a civil action, including all forms of monetary recovery or injunctive relief — drawn wide so the subchapter cannot be avoided by seeking an injunction instead of damages.

"Claimant" takes its meaning from the damages chapter, which reaches a plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross-claimant or third-party plaintiff, and covers a person on whose behalf damages are sought.

"Expert" is a person giving opinion testimony about the appropriate standard of care for a range, its owner or operator, or the landowner, or the causal relationship between the harm claimed and the alleged departure — and who is qualified to render those opinions under the Texas Rules of Evidence.

"Expert report" is a written report providing a fair summary of the expert’s opinions on the applicable standards of care, the manner in which the defendant failed to meet them, and the causal relationship to the harm claimed.

That three-part content requirement is lifted almost word for word from the medical liability chapter, and the resemblance is not accidental — the whole subchapter is the health care expert report mechanism applied to a different industry.

"Sport shooting range" takes its meaning from the Local Government Code, the same source the preceding subchapter uses.

Note the breadth of who is protected: the range, the owner or operator, and the owner of the real property, who may be a different person entirely.