§8.1 Introduction

• Jurisdiction: Washington

§8.1INTRODUCTION

Washington is a notice pleading state. Burchfiel v. Boeing Corp., 149 Wn.App. 468, 495, 205 P.3d 145, review denied, 166 Wn.2d 1038 (2009). This means that the primary purpose of pleadings is to give notice to the court and the adverse party of the general nature of the asserted claim and the legal grounds upon which the claims rest. State v. Ralph Williams' Nw. Chrysler Plymouth, Inc., 87 Wn.2d 298, 315, 553 P.2d 423 (1976); Kirby v. City of Tacoma, 124 Wn.App. 454, 98 P.3d 827, review...