Fort Howard Paper Company, Cross-Appellant v. Standard Havens, Inc. And Continental Casualty Company, Cross-Appellees

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• affirming the trial judge’s decision to deny amendment after finding that the judge’s distress over the history of the case and its hardships on the legal system constituted legitimate concerns
• finding the lower court properly exercised its discretion in refusing to allow an amendment to the complaint, even where the opposing party consented, because the amendment added new defenses and would require the reopening of discovery
• affirmative defenses do not controvert proof of the claim to which they are addressed

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