IN RE MARINER POST-ACUTE NETWORK, INC.

Bankruptcy Nos. 00-113 (MFW), through 00-214(MFW). Adv. No. 00-1577 (MFW).

267 B.R. 46 (2001)

In re MARINER POST-ACUTE NETWORK, INC., and affiliates, Debtors. NovaCare Holdings, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc., Grancare, Inc.; American-Cal Medical Services, Inc.; AMS Properties, Inc.; Clintonaire Nursing Home, Inc.; Crestmont Health Center, Inc.; EH Acquisition Corp. III; Frenchtown Nursing Home, Inc.; GCI Health Care Centers, Inc.; Heritage Nursing Home, Inc.; Middlebelt-Hope Nursing Home, Inc.; National Heritage Realty, Inc.; Nightingale East Nursing Center, Inc.; Cambridge North, Inc.; Cambridge South, Inc.; GCI Palm Court, Inc.; HMI Convalescent Care, Inc.; Hostmasters, Inc.; Madonna Nursing Center, Inc.; Middlebelt Nursing Home, Inc.; and Anthony Nursing Home, Inc., Debtor-Defendants, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Individually, and as the Collateral Agent for Certain Banks and Financial Institutions; Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., and Lasalle National Bank, N.A., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware.

September 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Collins, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, Isaac M. Pachulski, George Webster, II, Stutman Treister & Glatt, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, for Debtors.

Laura Davis Jones, Bruce Grohsgal, Pachulski Stang Ziehl Young & Jones, Wilmington, DE, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Lawrence G. McMichael, Anne Marie P. Kelley, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Cherry Hill, NJ, Robert F. Stewart, Jr., Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Wilmington, DE, for NovaCare Holdings, Inc.

Adam G. Landis, Kathleen P. Makowski, Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling, Wilmington, DE, Thomas C. Rice, Kenneth S. Ziman, Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, New York City, for Chase Manhattan Bank.

Jeffrey C. Wisler, Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, DE, Judy A. O'Neill, Sherrie L. Farrell, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Detroit, MI, for Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.


OPINION1

MARY F. WALRATH, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before the Court are the Motions of the Debtors, Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. ("Omega"), and Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. ("Chase") (collectively "the Defendants") to Dismiss the complaint filed by NovaCare Holdings, Inc. ("NCH"). For the reasons set forth below, we deny the Motions.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND2

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