Sharpstown General Hospital v. Laborers Health & Welfare Trust Fund

OPINION

Per Curiam: 1

Appellant Sharpstown General Hospital (“Hospital”), in Texas, treated Donna Pirnat, a beneficiary of respondent Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund, administered by respondent Glen Slaughter and Associates, both of which are Nevada entities (hereinafter, collectively “Fund”). Thereafter, the Hospital obtained a Texas default judgment against respondents for the charges generated in this treatment, plus an award of attorney’s fees. The district court quashed the default judgment on grounds that the Texas court lacked personal jurisdiction over respondents. The Hospital…