Judge Adopts Report Finding ERISA Assignment Gives Bankruptcy Trustee Standing

Mealey's (July 21, 2021, 1:57 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — Insureds’ assignment to medical providers included both rights to benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and legal action and transferred to the trustee upon the providers’ bankruptcy, a federal judge in Texas said July 19 in adopting a magistrate judge’s report recommending denial of a motion to dismiss....