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· 12/9/1980

Douglas Estes v. Kentucky Utilities Company

Citations

  • 636 F.2d 1131
  • 31 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 286
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 11586

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding no abuse of discretion in allowing defendant to amend its answer to assert affirmative defense of exclusivity of workers’ compensation under Kentucky law
  • “The determination of whether ... justice would require the allowance of an amendment to an answer is left to the sound discretion of the district court”
  • “The determination of whether. . . justice would require the allowance of an amendment to an answer is left to the sound discretion of the district court”

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Judges: Celebrezze, Joiner, Jones

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