Start the Lawsuit
CR 3 provides these two alternative ways to commence a civil action.
What are filing the complaint or serving a summons and complaint on a defendant?
This Civil Rule governs the summons and service of the summons and complaint.
What is CR 4?
Under CR 4(c), this person may not serve process because of their relationship to the lawsuit.
Who is a party to the action?
This rule governs service and filing of most pleadings and other papers after the lawsuit has been commenced.
What is CR 5?
Washington follows this simplified system of pleading under CR 8.
What is notice pleading?
CR 1 directs courts to interpret the Civil Rules to secure these three goals.
What are a just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action?
A defendant personally served in Washington ordinarily receives this many days to defend the action.
What are 20 days?
Personal service on an individual may be made personally or by leaving the papers at this location with an appropriate resident.
What is the defendant's house of usual abode?
When computing a period under CR 6, this day is excluded from the calculation.
What is the day from which the designated period begins to run?
This pleading begins the plaintiff's lawsuit and sets forth the plaintiff's claims.
What is the complaint?
If the plaintiff serves first and another party makes a written demand, the plaintiff generally has this many days to file the summons and complaint.
What are 14 days?
CR 4(b) requires the summons to warn the defendant that failure to defend may result in this.
What is a default judgment?
For a corporation doing business in Washington, this person can often be identified through the Washington Secretary of State and served on behalf of the corporation.
Who is the corporation's registered agent?
Under the lecture, a period of seven days or less is calculated using these rather than ordinary calendar days.
What are court days?
A claim asserted by a defendant against the plaintiff is called this.
What is a counterclaim?
When a complaint is filed before service and the statute of limitations is implicated, RCW 4.16.170 generally requires service on at least one defendant within this period.
What is 90 days?
In addition to the court, county, parties, and response deadline, the summons must advise the defendant of this right concerning filing of the lawsuit.
What is the right to serve a written demand requiring the plaintiff to file the lawsuit within 14 days?
Personal service outside Washington generally gives the defendant this many days to appear and answer under the lecture.
What are 60 days?
If a request to enlarge time is made after the deadline has expired, the moving party must ordinarily show good cause plus this additional justification.
What is excusable neglect?
Under CR 7(b), an application asking the court to enter an order is made by this procedural device.
What is a motion?
During settlement negotiations, the attorneys reach an agreement, but one side later denies that any binding agreement was made. Under CR 2A, what two forms will generally make the stipulation enforceable?
What are (1) stated on the record in open court, or (2) made in writing and signed by the parties or counsel?
A process server mistakenly leaves the summons with a third person, who later personally delivers it to the defendant. For this two-step service to potentially be effective, the third person must satisfy CR 4(c) and complete this document.
What is an affidavit of service?
A Washington plaintiff seeks jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant. Under the lecture, due process examines purposeful minimum contacts, whether the claim arises out of or relates to those contacts, and this fairness requirement.
What is whether exercising jurisdiction is reasonable and consistent with traditional conceptions of fair play and substantial justice?
Papers are served by email at 7:00 p.m. on a Friday pursuant to written consent. Under the lecture, service is deemed complete at this time.
What is 9:00 a.m. on the next court day?
Name the seven major sections of a complaint identified in the lecture.
What are: