TABLE OF CONTENTS I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE…………………………………..….7 A. PROCEDURAL HISTORY………………………………….7 B. STATEMENT OF FACTS………………………………..…7 II. STANDARD OF REVIEW………………………………..………10 III. ARGUMENT……………………………………………………….11 A. INTRODUCTION………………………………………….11 B. RESPONDENT LACKED STANDING TO BRING THIS ACTION……………………………………………………………12 1. IN FINDING FOR RESPONDENT THE COURT BELOW WRONGLY ASSUMED THAT EITHER A RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN MERS…