Magistrate Sua Sponte Denies Insured Leave To Amend In Fireworks Explosion Suit

Mealey's (July 14, 2020, 9:27 AM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan.— A federal magistrate judge in Kansas on July 10 sua sponte denied an insured’s motion for leave to amend its amended answer and counterclaim to a commercial general liability insurer’s declaratory judgment claim disputing coverage for an underlying bodily injury lawsuit, finding that the proposed amendment suffers from undue delay and would likely cause the insurer to incur undue prejudice (Everest Indemnity Insurance Company v. Jake's Fireworks, Inc., et al., No. 19-2620, D. Kan., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121383)....