Hydro Air of Connecticut, Inc. v. Versa Technologies, Inc.

RULING ON MOTION OF POWER DRAULICS-NIELSEN, INC. TO AMEND COUNTERCLAIM

EGINTON, District Judge.

In its initial answer, the defendant Power Draulics-Nielsen, Inc. (“PDN”) set forth a counterclaim alleging that the instant action was filed vexatiously by Hydro-Air of Connecticut, Inc. (“Hydro Air”). PDN now seeks to add two additional counterclaims. One of these new counterclaims, labelled the “Second Counterclaim” in the proposed amended answer, alleges that a related case filed in New Jersey was also vexatious. The remaining proposed counterclaim, la-belled the “Third Counterclaim” in the…