Castellucci v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.

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• leave to amend should be granted unless there is some good reason for denying the motion
• “a motion to amend should be allowed unless some good reason appears for denying it”
• \A liberal amendment policy does not justify overriding the rights of a person who would be prejudiced by the last minute allowance of a motion to amend\
• \a judge may give weight to the public interest in the efficient operation of the trial list and to the interests of other parties who are ready for trial\
• when trial is imminent, judge “may give weight” to efficient operation of trial list
• motion denied where trial imminent and amendment introduced new theory of liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).