TUCKER v. LANTMANNEN UNIBAKE USA INC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE RINDA TUCKER, ) ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) No. 2:21-cv-00087-JAW ) LANTMÄNNEN UNIBAKE ) USA, INC., ) ) Defendant ) MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION TO AMEND Lantmännen Unibake USA, Inc., seeks leave to amend its answer to Rinda Tucker’s complaint to assert an affirmative defense based on statutory damages caps. See Motion for Leave to File an Amended Answer (“Motion”) (ECF No. 30). For the reasons that follow, I grant the motion. I. Background Tucker filed her complaint in state court in January 2021 asserting claims against Lantmännen for age…