McAllen Medical Center, Inc. v. Cortez,
No. 00-0710 (Tex. March 21, 2001)

A patient initiated a class action suit against a hospital and physician, claiming that the hospital and physician misrepresented that all of the hospital's cardiac surgeons were board certified. The patient and the physician reached a settlement and they jointly moved to certify a class for the purposes of approving the settlement. The hospital objected to the proposed class. The trial court dismissed these objections ruling that the hospital did not have standing to challenge the proposed class. The Supreme Court of Texas reversed the trial court's ruling and allowed the hospital to challenge the class action.