Well-Come Holdings, LLC v. American Safety Risk Retention Group, Inc.

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• explaining that each member of an LLC must be diverse from the opposing party for diversity jurisdiction to exist
• noting that a plaintiff—albeit in the summary-judgment context—may not “attempt to amend its complaint . . . without seeking leave of court pursuant to [FED. R. CIV. P.] 15(a)(2).”
• counseling district courts to limit the parties to the claims and defenses expressly raised in their respective pleadings, not their later summary judgment filings
• finding diversity exists after determining, among other things, that appellant was an LLC comprised of three members and determining that the members’ citizenship was diverse from the other parties
• explaining our refusal to consider “additional facts” included in plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment
• “This court’s precedent foreclosed Wellr-Come’s attempt to amend its complaint at the summary judgment stage without seeking leave of court[.]”

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