Donna Feldman v. American Memorial Life Insurance Company, Formerly Known as Prairie States Life Insurance Company

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• explaining that the severity of a disability may change over time such that an individual is totally disabled when applying for SSDI, but \later [is] a qualified individual at the time of the employment decision disputed in an ADA suit\
• finding that a district court's denial of plaintiffs motion for leave to add an additional defendant six months after the close of discovery and after summary judgment briefing had begun was justified
• affirming denial of motion to amend based on five-month delay after discovering the facts that allegedly necessitated the amendment
• explaining that the severity of a disability may change over time such that an individual is totally disabled when applying for SSDI, but \later [is] a qualified individual at the time of the employment decision disputed in an ADA suit\
• finding that the prejudice that would result from amendment that would have added a new claim “well after the close of discovery and on the eve of summary judgment proceedings” was so apparent that the district court was not required to articulate the basis for its decision
• affirming denial of motion to amend where “motion came six months after the March 7, 1997, close of discovery and three months after the district court set a briefing schedule for Prairie States’ motion for summary judgment.”

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