Crawford v. National Healthcare Corporation

Filing 17

ORDER granting 12 the parties' Joint Motion to Substitute a Party, whereby National Healthcare Corporation d/b/a NHC Fort Sanders is DISMISSED with prejudice and Knoxville Health Care Center, L.P. d/b/a NHC HealthCare Ft. Sanders be substituted as a defendant. Further, NHC Fort Sanders' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 7 is DENIED AS MOOT. Signed by District Judge Thomas W Phillips on November 16, 2009. (AYB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION ) d/b/a NHC FORT SANDERS, ` ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER This matter is before the court on the parties' Joint Motion to Substitute a Party [Doc. 12]. The parties request that defendant National HealthCare Corporation d/b/a NHC Fort Sanders ("NHC Fort Sanders") be dismissed as a party. The parties also request that Knoxville Health Care Center, L.P. d/b/a NHC Healthcare Ft. Sanders ("Knoxville Health Care") be substituted as a defendant. NHC Fort Sanders is operated by Knoxville Health Care, which is the license holder of the facility. [Doc. 7-1 at 1]. For good cause shown, the cause of action against NHC Fort Sanders is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. It is further ORDERED that Knoxville Health Care Center, L.P. d/b/a NHC HealthCare Ft. Sanders be SUBSTITUTED as a defendant. The case will now be styled Bernice Crawford v. Knoxville Health Care Center, L.P. d/b/a NHC HealthCare Ft. Sanders. In addition, NHC Fort Sanders' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [Doc. 7] is DENIED AS MOOT. Now that NHC Fort Sanders is no longer a party to this lawsuit, their 1 BERNICE CRAWFORD,

No. 3:09-cv-310 ( Phillips)

Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [Doc. 7] is MOOT.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

ENTER: s/ Thomas W. Phillips United States District Judge

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