Judge restrains Columbine, vendors from ceasing services to North Shore Manor

LOVELAND — U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Joseph Rosania Jr. has granted a restraining order in the North Shore Manor bankruptcy case that prevents Columbine Management Services Inc. and related vendors from withdrawing services prior to April 15.

The attorney for North Shore Manor Inc., Aaron Garber, filed a complaint April 3 that alleged that Columbine, the longtime management company for the nursing home at 1365 W. 29th St. in Loveland, was prematurely ending its management agreement and that related vendors — pharmacy, transportation, distribution, medical equipment, therapy services, and infusion services — were unilaterally, without bankruptcy court authorization, ceasing to provide…