Allstate Indemnity Company v. Memorial Herman Health System

OPINION

KEN WISE, Justice.

The primary dispute in this case is whether an insurer that settles a negligence claim against its insured without first satisfying a hospital lien has standing to request declaratory relief concerning its rights to contest the charges for services reflected on the lien. Concluding that the insurer does not have standing, the trial court granted the hospital’s plea to the jurisdiction, dismissed the insurer’s petition for declaratory relief, and granted summary judgment in favor of the hospital on its counterclaim for damages and attorney’s fees based on the insurer’s…