IN RE MARINER HEALTH GROUP

Bankruptcy No. 00-215 to 00-301(MPW), Adversary No. A-01-4626(MPW).

300 B.R. 610 (2003)

In re MARINER HEALTH GROUP, et al., Debtors. Northfield Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. Mariner Post Acute Network, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware.

September 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Ambro, Rebecca L. Booth, Mark D. Collins, Shannon Stacey Frazier, Russel C. Silberglied, Etta Rena Wolfe, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Alan W. Behringer, Welch & Behringer, William Pierce Bowden, Rafael Xavier Zahralddin-Aravena, Ashby & Geddes, Noel C. Burnham, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads LLP, Michael R. Lastowski, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE, Paul G. Preston, Preston & Cowan LLP, New Orleans, LA, James D. Wareham, for debtors.

Derek C. Abbott, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, James C. Carignan, Wilmington, DE, William H. Bartle, Murray & Murray, Sanduskey, OH, Charles J. Brown, Elzufon, Austin, Reardon, Tarlov & Mondell, Wilmington, DE, T. Carroll Brown, Brown, Browns & Brown PA, Bel Air, MD, Michael G. Busenkell, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE, Mark E. Calvin, Brown, Terrell, Hogan Ellis, McClamma, Jacksonville, FL, Scott W. Cichon, Cobb, Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, FL, L. Jason Cornell, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Wilmington, DE, Michael P. Cunningham, Barry L. Steelman, P.A., Baltimore, MD, Paul J. Dougherty, III, McCarter & English, Wilmington, DE, John S. Fagan, Fagan & Broussard, P.A., Orange Park, FL, Brett Fallon, Morris, James, Hitchens & Willams, David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, P.A., William K. Harrington, Duane Morris LLP, Donna L. Harris, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, William Anthony Hazeltine, Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, Mark A. Hickernell, McDonald & Associates, Southborough, MA, Timothy J. Hickey, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, Lacy E. Holly III, Houghton, Holly & Gary, Odessa, DE, Joseph H. Huston Jr., Carl N. Kunz III, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE, Dennis Le Vine, Dennis Le Vine & Associates, P.A., Tampa, FL, Matthew W. Levin, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, Neal J. Levitsky, Fox, Rothschild LLP, Kathleen P. Makowski, Saul Ewing LLP, Kevin J. Mangan, Monzack and Monaco, P.A., Roger S. McCabe, Mehaffy & Weber, Attorney at Law, Beaumont, TX, Selinda A. Melnik, Buchanan Ingersoll PC, Rachel B. Merskey, Walsh, Monzack & Monaco, P.A., Ricky S. Miller, Ferry & Joseph, Francis A. Monaco, P.A., Wilmington, DE, Susan B. Morrison, Wilkes & McHugh P.A., Tampa, FL, Michael P. Morton, Michael P. Morton, P.A., Thomas Stephen Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, John Noble, Noble and Crow, P.A., Rockville, MD, Kevin P. O'Brien, Wilkes & McHugh, Tampa, FL, Daryl D. Parks, Parks & Crump, L.L.C., Robert H. Rosenbaum, Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum PA, Riverdale, MD, Gary J. Rotella, Gary J. Rotella & Associates, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Barry L. Steelman, Barry L. Steelman, P.A., Baltimore, MD, Brian A. Sullivan, Werb & Sullivan, Karen V. Sullivan, Oberly, Jennings & Rhodunda, PA, William David Sullivan, Elzufon, Austin, Reardon, Tarlov & Mondell, Christina Maycen Thompson, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, DE, Michelle Therese Sutter, Columbus, OH, Joseph W. Thomas, II, Casselberry, FL, Robert E. Vaughn, Butler, Burnette, Pappas, Tampa, FL, Thomas D. Walsh, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Gregory J. Weinig, Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz LLP, Thomas G. Whalen Jr., Steven & Lee, Wilmington, DE, John J. Winter, Harvey, Pennington, Cabot, Griffith, Philadelphia, PA, for creditors.


MEMORANDUM OPINION1

MARY F. WALRATH, Chief Judge.

Before the Court is the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by Northfield Insurance Company ("Northfield") seeking a declaration that the Northfield insurance contracts ("the Northfield Policies") do not provide coverage for punitive damages which may be awarded against the Debtors in Texas. After a hearing, and consideration of the affidavits and exhibits...

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