Mealey's (February 3, 2022, 12:49 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Citing Bristol SL Holdings, Inc. v. Cigna Health & Life Ins. Co. as “new case law,” the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Jan. 20 memorandum disposition reversed and remanded a California federal judge’s ruling as to its dismissal of a health care provider’s assignee’s Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims for lack of standing; however, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling as to dismissal of contract and quantum meruit claims....