Legal Opinion
Dallas County Hospital District v. Associates' Health & Welfare Plan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2002No. 01-10988PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Memorial Hospital (the “Hospital”) appeals from the district court’s summary dismissal of its ERISA claim for lack of standing. We agree with the district court that the Hospital lacks independent standing as a beneficiary, but we find that the Hospital has sufficiently shown that it may have standing derivatively as an as-signee of a beneficiary. Accordingly, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS ■
On April 3, 1998, Leonard P. Scott was…
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