Somascan, Inc. v. Philips Med. Sys. Nederland, B.V., No. 12-1634 (1st Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseSomascan filed suit against Philips Medical Systems, alleging that Philips had misrepresented the capabilities of the medical equipment it sold to Somascan and that the medical equipment did not meet the appropriate standards of quality. The federal district court set a deadline to amend the pleadings. More than a year and a half after the deadline, Somascan filed a motion for leave to amend the complaint. The court denied the motion and later granted Philips' motion for summary judgment. The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the motion for leave to amend, holding that the district court acted correctly in denying leave to amend, as Somascan offered no excuse for not requesting leave to amend earlier, and no new evidence was alleged to have been uncovered.
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