§15.1 Introduction

• Jurisdiction: Washington

§15.1 INTRODUCTION

CR 15 governs the amendment and supplementation of pleadings. The rule is used to revise a pleading to provide clear notice to the other parties of erroneously pleaded, additional, changed, and/or newly discovered facts or theories. The rule allows a party to cure a defective or outmoded pleading, such as one that omits critical preexisting facts, is missing elements of a cause of action or defense, fails to include new or changed claims or defenses, requires addition of a party...