Henry D. Sedgwick Stern and Walter B. Slocombe, Personalrepresentatives of the Estate of Philip M. Stern,plaintiffs-appellants, v. General Electric Company, John F. Welch, Jr., Lawrence A.bossidy, Edward E. Hood, Jr., Richard T. Baker, James G.boswell Ii, Silas C. Cathcart, Charles D. Dickey, Jr.,lawrence E. Fouraker, Henry H. Henley, Henry L. Hillman,robert E. Mercer, Gertrude G. Michelson, Barbara Scottpreiskel, Lewis T. Preston, Frank H. T. Rhodes, Andrew C.siegler and Walter B. Wriston, Defendants-appellees, 23 F.3d 746 (2d Cir. 1994)

Appeal from two orders and a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mary Johnson Lowe, Judge), denying plaintiffs' motion to amend the amended complaint and granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment. The orders and judgment are affirmed for substantially the reasons stated below.

Whitney North Seymour, Jr., New York City (Craig A. Landy, Peter James Clines, Brown & Seymour, New York City, of counsel) for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas P. Ogden, New York City (Wendy L. Trugman, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, E. Scott Gilbert, Counsel, Gen. Elec. Co., Fairfield, CT, of counsel) for defendants-appellees.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and MISHLER, District Judge.^* 

PER CURIAM: