Engle Cases 4432 Individual Tobacco v. Various Tobacco Companies

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• explaining that a motion for leave to amend may be denied “where amendment would be futile”
• explaining that a motion to amend a complaint under Rule 15(a)(2) may be denied “where amendment would be futile” (quoting Bryant v. Dupree, 252 F.3d 1161, 1163 (11th Cir. 2001) (per curiam))
• denying an attempt to amend a complaint where “counsel were trying to make an end run around” prior adverse rulings
• dismissing with prejudice and concluding that “a lawsuit filed in the name of a deceased individual is a nullity over which this Court has no jurisdiction”
• “As any lawyer worth his salt knows, a dead person cannot maintain a personal injury claim.”
• “[A] motion for leave to amend may appropriately be denied ‘(1) where there has been undue delay, bad faith, dilatory motive, or repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed; (2

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