Magistrate: Insureds’ Proposed Amendment In $1.8M Fine Wine Coverage Suit Is Futile

Mealey's (May 15, 2018, 2:54 PM EDT) -- DENVER — A Colorado federal magistrate on May 8 recommended denying insureds’ motion for leave to amend their complaint in a dispute over coverage for more than $1.8 million in undelivered fine wine, finding that their proposed amendment is futile because as the new claim, as pleaded, fails to allege facts to make it plausible (Malik M. Hasan, M.D., et al. v. AIG Property Casualty Co., No. 16-02963, D. Colo., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77435)....