Amending Complaint After Discovery Fought In Reinsurance Breach Of Contract Suit

Mealey's (October 6, 2021, 2:23 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — Allowing a second amended complaint after discovery in a dispute over billings for asbestos claims would be untimely and prejudicial and “would fundamentally change the nature and scope of this case,” a reinsurer argues in a Sept. 28 brief filed in a federal court in Michigan; in its Oct. 5 reply, the insurer contends that the request is proper because it has “consistently asserted ad damnum demands for fees” and seeks to conform its pleading to orally discovered facts....