Judge: Claims Fail, But Contract Specification Doctrine Can’t Void Amendment

( August 21, 2024, 11:46 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Conclusory allegations seemingly copied from another suit do not rise to the level required to save an asbestos talc action from dismissal, but those allegations do not give rise to a contract specification defense sufficient to deny leave to amend, a federal judge in Missouri said while also denying a motion to stay the case pending resolution of allegations in a New York case....