The Plaintiffs also received $15,000 from Nationwide, which represented the limit on that policy. In consideration of the $265,000, Anna and James Thomas entered into a release, discussed below, and a stipulation to dismiss the civil action. On November 24, 1995, the Plaintiffs filed a civil action directly against Pennland arguing that it was required to provide insurance coverage to Brown through a policy issued to Brown’s parents. Pennland moved to dismiss the Complaint arguing that the Plaintiffs were strangers to the insurance contract at issue and, therefore, had no standing to sue. On June 27, 1996, Judge VanArtsdalen granted Pennland’s Motion and dismissed the action with prejudice. See Thomas v. Pennland Ins. Co., Civ. No. 95-7390, 1996 WL 379376 (June 27, 1996) (“Thomas I”) (<HOLDING>). Approximately one month later, on July 26,
holding that a union lacked standing to sue for injuries passed on to it by intermediaries holding that employers have standing to sue holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to bring securities claims relating to funds that plaintiffs did not own holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to sue holding that plaintiffs lacked standing because the case was not ripe for adjudication