What is the test for standing in a medical malpractice action?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Foothill Church v. Rouillard, No. 2:15-cv-02165-KJM-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2016):

Plaintiffs have likewise satisfied the redressability requirement of standing. To sufficiently allege redressability, "[p]laintiffs need not demonstrate that there is a guarantee that their injuries will be redressed by a favorable decision"; rather, they need show only that a favorable decision would result in a "change in a legal status" that "would amount to a significant increase in the likelihood that the plaintiff would obtain relief that directly redresses the injury suffered." Renee v. Duncan, 686 F.3d 1002, 1013 (9th Cir. 2012) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). Here, the complaint alleges the seven private health insurers contracted by plaintiffs previously made the voluntary business decision to offer health plans that excluded coverage for abortions, and only stopped offering such plans after they received the letters from the Director. Compl. 24-25, 41, 44-45. A favorable legal decision would significantly increase the likelihood these same insurers would again offer plans limiting or excluding coverage for abortions. Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged Article III standing.

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