Magistrate Judge Won’t Allow Amended Answer After Asbestos Insurer’s Insolvency

Mealey's (November 9, 2021, 10:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Allowing a supplemental answer would cause undue delay and inconvenience and would not promote speedy resolution of a man’s case alleging exposure to asbestos at a shipyard, a federal magistrate judge in Louisiana said Oct. 6 in denying a motion to amend without prejudice....