Legal Opinion
Knowlton v. Spillane
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 25, 1991No. Civ. A. No. 89-1425-WDPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT
(DOCKET ENTRY # 69)
MARIANNE B. BOWLER, United States Magistrate Judge.
The Plaintiffs’ Motion to File an Amendment to Plaintiffs’ Complaint (Docket entry # 69) was filed on May 30, 1991. The plaintiffs seek to amend their complaint under Mass.Gen.L. ch. 229, §§ 1 and 2 to include claims by the decedent’s three adult children for loss of consortium and for punitive damages relating thereto. (Docket Entry # 69).
DISCUSSION
Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a) provides that leave to amend a pleading “shall be freely given when justice so requires.” It is well…
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