Harris Ex Rel. the Estate of Ward v. Fedex National LTL, Inc.

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• holding that “the FMCSR applies to motor carriers, not to shippers who engage independent contractors to transport goods.”
• finding that a “district court acts ‘within its discretion’ in denying a motion to amend which made no attempt to show good cause.
• stating in dicta that [w]e doubt “there is a federal private right of action for a violation of the FMCSR”
• affirming decision to grant motion to amend where amendment was premised on newly discovered evidence
• affirming district court’s denial of motion to amend where movant sought to amend complaint 17 months after deadline and attempted to add an entirely new theory of recovery
• stating when determining whether a party constitutes a motor carrier, the essential inquiry is whether it is a motor carrier with respect to the \specific transaction at issue\ (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).