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NURSING HOME CONSULTANTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC.; Wendell Davis; Armstrong
Health Care, Inc.; Global Healthcare, Inc.;
Continental Health Care, Inc.;
Pennsylvania Health Care
Marketing, Inc.,
Defendants-Appellees,
Quantum Health Services, Inc., Counter-claimant-Appellee,
v.
NURSING HOME CONSULTANTS, INC., Cross Defendant-Appellant,
Samuel Lamey; Jerry Berry, Third Party Plaintiffs,
v.
Wendell DAVIS; Bobby Hargis; Pennsylvania Health Care
Marketing, Inc.; Armstrong Health Care, Inc.; Continental
Health Care, Inc.; Global Healthcare, Inc.; Healthcare
Network, Inc., Third Party Defendants,
Samuel Lamey, on his behalf and derivatively on behalf of
Quantum Health Services, Inc.; Jerry Berry, on
his behalf and derivatively on behalf of
Quantum Health Services, Inc.,
Counter Claimants,
v.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Counter Defendant,
Bobby Hargis; Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee,
Jeral Howard, Third Party Defendant,
Nursing Home Consultants, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellant,
Physicians Business Systems, Inc.; Creative Environment,
Inc.; Third Party Defendants,
Bobby Hargis, Counter Claimant-Appellee,
Wendell Davis, Counter Claimant,
Samuel Lamey; Jerry Berry, Counter Defendants,
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Third Party Plaintiff,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Third Party Defendant,
Wendell DAVIS, Cross Claimant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Cross Defendant,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., Cross Claimant-Appellee,
v.
Jeral HOWARD, Cross Defendant,
Nursing Home Consultants, Inc., Cross Defendant-Appellant,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., Counter Claimant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY; Jerry Berry, Counter Defendant,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., Cross Claimants,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Cross Defendant,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., Counter Claimant-Appellee,
v.
NURSING HOME CONSULTANTS, INC., Counter Defendant-Appellant.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
Samuel LAMEY; Jerry Berry; National Claims Management;
Nursing Home Consultants, Inc.; Creative
Environment, Inc.; Physicians Business
Systems, Inc.; Jeral Howard, Defendants,
Samuel LAMEY; Jerry Berry, Counter Claimant,
v.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Counter Defendant,
NURSING HOME CONSULTANTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC.; Wendell Davis; Armstrong
Health Care, Inc., Defendants-Appellants,
Global Healthcare, Inc.; Continental Health Care, Inc.;
Pennsylvania Health Care Marketing, Inc., Defendants,
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Counter Claimant-Appellant,
v.
NURSING HOME CONSULTANTS, INC., Counter Defendant-Appellee,
Samuel Lamey, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee,
Jerry BERRY, Third Party Plaintiff,
v.
Wendell DAVIS; Bobby Hargis, Third Party Defendants-Appellants,
Pennsylvania Health Care Marketing, Inc., Third Party Defendant,
Armstrong Health Care, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellant,
Continental Health Care, Inc.; Global Healthcare, Inc.;
Healthcare Network, Inc., Third Party Defendants,
Samuel Lamey, on his behalf and derivatively on behalf of
Quantum Health Services, Inc., Counter Claimant-Appellee,
Jerry BERRY, on his behalf and derivatively on behalf of
Quantum Health Services, Inc., Counter Claimant,
v.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Counter Defendant-Appellant,
Bobby HARGIS, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Jeral HOWARD; Nursing Home Consultants, Inc., Third Party
Defendants-Appellees,
Physicians Business Systems, Inc.; Creative Environment,
Inc., Third Party Defendants,
Bobby Hargis, Counter Claimant-Appellant,
Wendell DAVIS, Counter Claimant-Appellant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Counter Defendant-Appellee,
Jerry Berry, Counter Defendant,
Quantum Health Services, Inc., Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Third Party Defendant-Appellee,
Wendell DAVIS, Cross Claimant-Appellant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Counter Defendant-Appellee,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., Cross Claimant-Appellant,
v.
Jeral HOWARD; Nursing Home Consultants, Inc., Cross
Defendant-Appellees,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., Counter Claimant-Appellant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Counter Defendant-Appellee,
Jerry Berry, Counter Defendant,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., Cross Claimants-Appellant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Cross Defendant-Appellee,
ARMSTRONG HEALTH CARE, INC., C Counter Claimant-Appellant,
v.
NURSING HOME CONSULTANTS, INC., Counter Defendant-Appellee.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Samuel LAMEY, Defendant-Appellee,
Jerry Berry; National Claims Management, Defendants,
Nursing Home Consultants, Inc., Defendant-Appellee,
Creative Environment, Inc.; Physicians Business Systems,
Inc., Defendants,
Jeral Howard, Defendant-Appellee,
Samuel Lamey, Counter Claimant-Appellee,
Jerry BERRY, Counter Claimant,
v.
QUANTUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Counter Defendant-Appellant,

No. 96-2585.

No. 96-2796

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Submitted April 17, 1997.
Decided May 8, 1997.

PER CURIAM.

Before LOKEN, MAGILL, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff, Nursing Home Consultants, Inc. (NHC), appeals from the district court's1 grant of summary judgment to defendants Quantum Health Services, Inc. (Quantum), Pennsylvania Health Care Marketing, Inc., Armstrong Health Care, Inc. (Armstrong), Continental Health Care, Inc., Global Healthcare, Inc., and Wendell Davis. Quantum, Armstrong, and Davis also bring a protective cross appeal from the district court's dismissal of their counterclaims against NHC, Jeral Howard, and Samuel Lamey. Having reviewed the record and the parties' briefs on appeal, we conclude that the district court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants and properly dismissed the defendants' counterclaims. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

The Honorable Garnett Thomas Eisele, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas