0001445305-12-003733.txt : 20121121 0001445305-12-003733.hdr.sgml : 20121121 20121121161856 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001445305-12-003733 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121121 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20121121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ADVOCAT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000919956 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES [8051] IRS NUMBER: 621559667 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12996 FILM NUMBER: 121221444 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1621 GALLERIA BLVD. CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 BUSINESS PHONE: 6157717575 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1621 GALLERIA BLVD. CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 8-K 1 shareholdersuit8k.htm 8-K Shareholder suit 8K



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
November 21, 2012 (November 16, 2012)

ADVOCAT INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
001-12996
62-1559667
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
1621 Galleria Boulevard, Brentwood, TN 37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(615) 771-7575
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 16, 2012, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee entered an order dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a lawsuit filed earlier this year against the directors of Advocat Inc. The court dismissed the lawsuit because it determined that the Plaintiff's claim did not satisfy the federal jurisdictional requirement that the amount in controversy exceed $75,000. Because the court dismissed the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds, the Plaintiff is not barred from re-filing the claim in state court, where there is not a similar jurisdictional amount-in-controversy threshold.





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


ADVOCAT INC.



By:    /s/ Kelly Gill            
Kelly Gill
Chief Executive Officer

Date:    November 21, 2012