Thompson v. Jiffy Lube International, Inc.

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• holding that a KCPA claim must satisfy Rule 9(b) if the “gravamen” of the claim “sound[s] in fraud”
• finding that it was not feasible to join an absent party because the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent party
• plaintiffs could file second amended complaint as of right, after seeking and receiving 21 court permission to file first amended complaint
• “[T]he plain language of [Rule 15] persuades the Court that Plaintiffs are entitled to amend their pleading under Rule 15 [as a matter of course]” even though the plaintiffs had previously amended with the court’s leave

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