Federal Magistrate Judge Denies Amendment Adding Asbestos-Talc Defendant

( November 7, 2024, 1:59 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A woman’s vague explanation for attempting to add a new retail defendant to her asbestos-talc suit a year after its filing and only after the process began to dismiss the lone nondiverse defendant in the case appears tailored to defeat jurisdiction, a federal magistrate judge said, denying leave to amend....