THE M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER v. NOVAK

No. 00-0643.

52 S.W.3d 704 (2001)

THE M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, John Mendelsohn, M.D., and John Does Nos. 1 through 10, Petitioners, v. Henry J. NOVAK, individually and as class representative, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Eads, Gregory S. Coleman, Andy Taylor, John Cornyn, Toni Hunter, Merlr Hoffman Dover, Heather Leigh Horton, Office of Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, for Petitioner.

Henry Novak, Austin, for Respondent.


Justice OWEN delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are asked to decide whether the plaintiff in this case has standing to pursue his individual claims and if not, whether he may nevertheless maintain a class-action suit on behalf of injured class members who do have standing. The court of appeals concluded that the named plaintiff's lack of individual standing to bring suit did not, in and of itself, disqualify him from...

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