Mayeaux v. Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a district court may not deny leave to amend unless there is a “substantial reason”
• noting that an amendment that “would fundamentally alter the nature of the case” may be denied
• affirming denial of leave to amend where amendment would fundamentally alter the nature of the case
• denying a motion to amend a pleading that would have fundamentally altered the nature of the case and imposed additional discovery requirements and undue prejudice on the nonmoving party
• finding good cause not supported where proposed amendment fundamentally altered the nature of the case as opposed to proposing alternative legal theories for recovery on the same underlying facts

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