United States Fifth Circuit
LETOURNEAU LIFELIKE ORTHOTICS & PROSTHETICS, INC. v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., 01-40995
A prosthetic health care provider lacked standing to bring an action, for payment for replacing part of a prosthetic device furnished to a health plan beneficiary, under ERISA Section 502, absent an enforceable assignment of benefits.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/10/2002
- Published 07/10/2002
Judges
- WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Bruce M. Partain (argued), Wells, Peyton, Greenberg & Hunt, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Leslie Ross Higman (argued), Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.