EX-5.1 8 w09717exv5w1.txt OPINION OF ROPES & GRAY LLP Exhibit 5.1 June 15, 2005 Select Medical Corporation 4716 Old Gettysburg Road P.O. Box 2034 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel to Select Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by the Issuer and the subsidiary guarantors of the Issuer set forth on Schedule I hereto (the "Guarantors") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Registration Statement includes a prospectus (the "Prospectus") which provides for the issuance by the Issuer in an exchange offer (the "Exchange Offer") of $660,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the "Exchange Notes"). The Exchange Notes will be offered by the Issuer in exchange for a like principal amount of the Issuer's outstanding 7 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the "Original Notes"). The Exchange Notes are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or modified through the date hereof, the "Indenture"), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Payment of the Exchange Notes will be guaranteed by the Guarantors pursuant to Article 11 of the Indenture and evidenced by a Notation of Guarantee attached to the Exchange Notes (the "Guarantees"). In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement and the Indenture, which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of documents and records and have made investigation of fact and examination of law as we have deemed appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinions set forth herein. In conducting our investigation, we have relied, without independent verification, on the accuracy of certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the Issuer, the Guarantors and other appropriate persons. Select Medical Corporation - 2 - June 15, 2005 In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed that the Indenture is the valid and binding obligation of the Trustee. We have assumed further that each of the Guarantors (other than those organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, the State of New York, the State of California or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) (a) is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has the power and authority to execute and deliver the Indenture and the Guarantees and to perform its obligations thereunder and (c) has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture and has duly authorized the Guarantees. The opinions expressed herein are limited to matters governed by the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America. Based upon the foregoing and subject to the additional qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that: 1. When the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and have been delivered against receipt of the Original Notes surrendered in exchange therefor upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms. 2. When the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and have been delivered against receipt of the Original Notes surrendered in exchange therefor upon completion of the Exchange Offer, and the Guarantees have been duly executed, delivered and attached to the Exchange Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Guarantees will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms. Our opinions set forth above are subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and secured parties and (b) general principles of equity. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and the use of our name under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus. By giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act. Very truly yours, /s/ Ropes & Gray LLP ----------------------- SCHEDULE I
GUARANTOR JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION --------- ---------------------------- Affiliated Physical Therapists, Ltd. Arizona American Transitional Hospitals, Inc. Delaware Argosy Health, LLC Delaware Arizona Rehab Provider Network, Inc. Arizona Athens Sports Medicine Clinic, Inc. Georgia Ather Sports Injury Clinic, Inc. California Atlantic Rehabilitation Services, Inc. New Jersey Buendel Physical Therapy, Inc. Florida C.E.R. - West, Inc. Michigan C.O.A.S.T. Institute Physical Therapy, Inc. California CCISUB, Inc. North Carolina Cenla Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Agency, Inc. Louisiana Center for Evaluation & Rehabilitation, Inc. Michigan Center for Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation, Inc. New Mexico CenterTherapy, Inc. Minnesota Champion Physical Therapy, Inc. Pennsylvania CMC Center Corporation California Community Rehab Centers of Massachusetts, Inc. Massachusetts Crowley Physical Therapy Clinic, Inc. Louisiana Douglas Avery & Associates, Ltd. Virginia Elk County Physical Therapy, Inc. Pennsylvania Fine, Bryant & Wah, Inc. Maryland Francis Naselli, Jr. & Stewart Rich Physical Therapists, Inc. Pennsylvania Gallery Physical Therapy Center, Inc. Minnesota Georgia Physical Therapy of West Georgia, Inc. Georgia Georgia Physical Therapy, Inc. Georgia GP Therapy, L.L.C. Georgia Greater Sacramento Physical Therapy Associates, Inc. California Grove City Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Inc. Pennsylvania Gulf Breeze Physical Therapy, Inc. Florida Hand Therapy and Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. California Hand Therapy Associates, Inc. Arizona Hangtown Physical Therapy, Inc. California Hawley Physical Therapy, Inc. California Hudson Physical Therapy Services, Inc. New Jersey Human Performance and Fitness, Inc. California Indianapolis Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Inc. Indiana Intensiva Healthcare Corporation Delaware Intensiva Hospital of Greater St. Louis, Inc. Missouri Joyner Sports Science Institute, Inc. Pennsylvania Joyner Sportsmedicine Institute, Inc. Pennsylvania Kentucky Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Kentucky
GUARANTOR JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION --------- ---------------------------- Kessler Assisted Living Corporation New Jersey Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Inc. New Jersey Kessler Occupational Medicine Centers, Inc. Florida Kessler Orthotic & Prosthetic Services, Inc. Delaware Kessler Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, Inc. New Jersey Kessler Professional Services, LLC Delaware Kessler Rehab Centers, Inc. Delaware Kessler Rehabilitation Corporation Delaware Kessler Rehabilitation of Maryland, Inc. Maryland Kessler Rehabilitation Services, Inc. New Jersey Lynn M. Carlson, Inc. Arizona Metro Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Michigan Michigan Therapy Centre, Inc. Michigan MidAtlantic Health Group, Inc. Delaware Monmouth Rehabilitation, Inc. New Jersey New Mexico Physical Therapists, Inc. New Mexico Northside Physical Therapy, Inc. Ohio NovaCare Occupational Health Services, Inc. Delaware NovaCare Outpatient Rehabilitation East, Inc. Delaware NovaCare Outpatient Rehabilitation of California, Inc. California NovaCare Outpatient Rehabilitation West, Inc. Delaware NovaCare Outpatient Rehabilitation, Inc. Kansas NovaCare Rehabilitation, Inc. Minnesota P.T. Services Company Ohio P.T. Services Rehabilitation, Inc. Ohio P.T. Services, Inc. Ohio Peter Trailov R.P.T. Physical Therapy Clinic, Orthopaedic Illinois Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Ltd. Physical Rehabilitation Partners, Inc. Louisiana Physical Therapy Associates, Inc. Massachusetts Physical Therapy Enterprises, Inc. Arizona Physical Therapy Institute, Inc. Louisiana Physical Therapy Services of the Jersey Cape, Inc. New Jersey Pro Active Therapy of Ahoskie, Inc. North Carolina Pro Active Therapy of Greenville, Inc. North Carolina Pro Active Therapy of North Carolina, Inc. North Carolina Pro Active Therapy of Rocky Mount, Inc. North Carolina Pro Active Therapy of South Carolina, Inc. South Carolina Pro Active Therapy of Virginia, Inc. Virginia Pro Active Therapy, Inc. North Carolina Professional Therapeutic Services, Inc. Ohio Quad City Management, Inc. Iowa
GUARANTOR JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION --------- ---------------------------- RCI (Colorado), Inc. Delaware RCI (Exertec), Inc. Delaware RCI (Michigan), Inc. Delaware RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc. Delaware RCI (WRS), Inc. Delaware Rebound Oklahoma, Inc. Oklahoma Redwood Pacific Therapies, Inc. California Rehab Managed Care of Arizona, Inc. Delaware Rehab Provider Network - California, Inc. California Rehab Provider Network - East I, Inc. Delaware Rehab Provider Network - East II, Inc. Maryland Rehab Provider Network - Indiana, Inc. Indiana Rehab Provider Network - Michigan, Inc. Michigan Rehab Provider Network - New Jersey, Inc. New Jersey Rehab Provider Network - New York, Inc. New York Rehab Provider Network - Ohio, Inc. Ohio Rehab Provider Network - Pennsylvania, Inc. Pennsylvania Rehab Provider Network of Arizona, Inc. Arizona Rehab Provider Network of Colorado, Inc. Colorado Rehab Provider Network of Florida, Inc. Florida Rehab Provider Network of Nevada, Inc. Nevada Rehab Provider Network of New Mexico, Inc. New Mexico Rehab Provider Network of North Carolina, Inc. North Carolina Rehab Provider Network of Texas, Inc. Texas Rehab/Work Hardening Management Associates, Ltd. Pennsylvania RehabClinics (GALAXY), Inc. Illinois RehabClinics (PTA), Inc. Delaware RehabClinics (SPT), Inc. Delaware RehabClinics Abilene, Inc. Delaware RehabClinics Dallas, Inc. Delaware RehabClinics Pennsylvania, Inc. Pennsylvania RehabClinics, Inc. Delaware S.T.A.R.T., Inc. Massachusetts Select Air II, Inc. Pennsylvania Select Employment Services, Inc. Delaware Select Hospital Investors, Inc. Delaware Select Medical of Kentucky, Inc. Delaware Select Medical of Maryland, Inc. Delaware Select Medical of New York, Inc. Delaware Select Medical Property Ventures, LLC Delaware Select Medical Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Delaware Select Provider Networks, Inc. Delaware
GUARANTOR JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION --------- ---------------------------- Select Rehabilitation Management Services, Inc. Delaware Select Software Ventures, LLC Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Akron/SHS, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Alachua, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Ann Arbor, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Arizona, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Augusta/UH, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Baton Rouge, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Battle Creek, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Beech Grove, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Belleville, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Bloomington, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Brevard, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Broward, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Central Detroit, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Charleston, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Cincinnati, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Colorado Springs, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus/Grant, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus/University, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Conroe, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Covington, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Dallas, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Danville, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Denver, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Durham, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Duval, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Erie, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Escambia, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Evansville, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Flint, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Fort Smith, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Fort Wayne, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Gadsden, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Greensboro, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Greensburg, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Grosse Pointe, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Honolulu, Inc. Hawaii Select Specialty Hospital - Houston, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Huntsville, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Indianapolis, Inc. Delaware
GUARANTOR JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION --------- ---------------------------- Select Specialty Hospital - Jackson, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Johnstown, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Kalamazoo, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Kansas City, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Knoxville, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Lancaster, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Lansing, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Lee, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Leon, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Lexington, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Little Rock, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Longview, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Louisville, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Macomb County, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Macon, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Madison, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Marion, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - McKeesport, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Memphis, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Midland, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Milwaukee, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Minneapolis, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Morgantown, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Nashville, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - New Orleans, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Newark, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - North Knoxville, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Northeast Ohio, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Northwest Detroit, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Northwest Indiana, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Ocean, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Oklahoma City, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Oklahoma City/East Campus, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Omaha, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Orange, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Orlando. Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Palm Beach, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Panama City, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Paramus, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Philadelphia/AEMC, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Phoenix, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Pine Bluff, Inc. Delaware
GUARANTOR JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION --------- ---------------------------- Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh/UPMC, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Plainfield, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Pontiac, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Quad Cities, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Reno, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Riverview, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Saginaw, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - San Antonio, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Sarasota, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Savannah, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Sioux Falls, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - South Dallas, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Springfield, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Topeka, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - TriCities, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Tulsa, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Western Michigan, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Western Missouri, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Wichita, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Wilmington, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Winston-Salem, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Wyandotte, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospital - Youngstown, Inc. Missouri Select Specialty Hospital - Zanesville, Inc. Delaware Select Specialty Hospitals, Inc. Delaware Select Synergos, Inc. Delaware Select Transport, Inc. Delaware Select Unit Management, Inc. Delaware SelectMark, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Fort Myers, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Hartford, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Lakeland, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Lakewood, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Little Rock, Inc. Arkansas SemperCare Hospital of Mobile, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Pensacola, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Sarasota, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Spokane, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Springfield, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Tallahassee, Inc. Delaware SemperCare Hospital of Volusia, Inc. Delaware
GUARANTOR JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION --------- ---------------------------- SemperCare Hospital of Washington, Inc. Delaware SemperCare, Inc. Delaware SLMC Finance Corporation Delaware South Jersey Physical Therapy Associates, Inc. New Jersey South Jersey Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, Inc. New Jersey South Philadelphia Occupational Health, Inc. Pennsylvania Southpointe Fitness Center, Inc. Pennsylvania Southwest Physical Therapy, Inc. New Mexico Southwest Therapists, Inc. New Mexico Sports & Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Florida Sports Therapy and Arthritis Rehabilitation, Inc. Delaware Stephenson-Holtz, Inc. California The Center for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Inc. New Mexico The Orthopedic Sports and Industrial Rehabilitation Network, Inc. Pennsylvania Treister, Inc. Ohio Valley Group Physical Therapists, Inc. Pennsylvania Vanguard Rehabilitation, Inc. Arizona Victoria Healthcare, Inc. Florida Waltham Physical Therapy, Inc. Massachusetts Wayzata Physical Therapy Center, Inc. Minnesota West Side Physical Therapy, Inc. Ohio West Suburban Health Partners, Inc. Minnesota Yuma Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Arizona