IN RE AMERICAN BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bankruptcy No. 05-10203 (MFW), Adversary No. A-06-50826 (MFW).

375 B.R. 112 (2007)

In re AMERICAN BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., et al., Debtors. George L. Miller, Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc., Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, The Berkshire Group LP, Michael W. Trickey, Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware.

September 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Richenderfer, Esquire,1 Chad J. Toms, Esquire, Bifferato, Gentilotti & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE, Michael LiPuma, Esquire, Law Office of Michael LiPuma, Philadelphia, PA, for The Berkshire Group LP and Michael W. Trickey.

Thomas B. Kinzler, Esquire, Eric B. Post, Esquire, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY, Frederick B. Rosner, Esquire, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee.

James S. O'Brien, Jr., Esquire, Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP, New York, NY, Francis A. Monaco, Jr., Esquire, Monzack & Monaco, PA, Wilmington, DE, for Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as Indenture Trustee.

Laura Davis Jones, Esquire, Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young, Jones & Weintraub, Wilmington, DE, Bennett L. Spiegel, Esquire, R. Alexander Pilmer, Esquire, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc.

Steven M. Coren, Esquire, John W. Morris, Esquire, David Dormont, Esquire, Kaufman, Coren & Ress, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Deirdre M. Richards, Esquire, Joseph J. McGovern, Esquire, Lawrence J. Tabas, Esquire, Obermayer, Rebman, Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Wilmington, DE, for the Trustee.

Derek C. Abbott, Esquire, Curtis S. Miller, Esquire, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, Joel L. Miller, Esquire, Adam J. Safer, Esquire, Matthew Z. Krusko, Esquire, Miller & Wrubel, P.C., New York, NY, for Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC.


OPINION1

MARY F. WALRATH, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before the Court is the Motion of Michael W. Trickey ("Trickey") and the Berkshire Group, LP ("Berkshire") for dismissal of the aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty and civil conspiracy counts of the above captioned amended complaint against them, with prejudice. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will deny the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

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