ALLSTATE INDEM. v. MEMORIAL HERMANN HLTH.

No. 14-13-00307-CV.

437 S.W.3d 570 (2014)

ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant v. MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Disk).

June 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bret W. Weatherford , Arlington, for Appellant.

Jared Johnson , Houston, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice FROST and Justices JAMISON and WISE.


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...

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