Complaint Timeline

2012-03-29

Event through discovery

Rules 8, 55, 12, 15, 26(f), 56

LEGAL PLEADING

2011-03-06

A complaint is the first pleading filed by a plaintiff which initiates a lawsuit. A complaint sets forth the relevant allegations of fact that give rise to one or more legal causes of action along with a prayer for relief and sometimes an ad quod damnum clause. In some situations, a complaint is called a petition, in which case the party filing it is called the petitioner and the other party is the respondent. In equity, sometimes called chancery, the initial pleading may be called either a petition or a bill of complaint in chancery. A demurrer is a pleading filed by a defendant which objects to the legal sufficiency of a complaint. At common law, the demurrer was the only pleading which in itself required an immediate ruling on its content from the court, and which was capable of immediately disposing of a case, with the inevitable result that demurrer practice came to resemble motion practice. Many common law jurisdictions therefore went to a narrower understanding of pleadings as framing the issues in a case but not being motions in and of themselves, and replaced the demurrer with the motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action or the application to strike out particulars of claim. An answer is a pleading filed by a defendant which admits or denies the specific allegations set forth in a complaint and constitutes a general appearance by a defendant. A defendant may also file a cross-complaint or third-party complaint as well to bring other parties into a case by the process of impleader. A defendant may file a counter-claim to raise a cause of action to defend, reduce or set off the claim of the plaintiff.

COMPLAINT REPORTING SYSTEM

2010-03-14

QUESTIONS FROM COMPLAINT REPORTING BOOK

3. Chief Complaint

2009-10-15

spanish vocab associated with understanding the chief complaint

Basic Interview, Chief Complaint

2007-09-05

Doctoring 101: basic medical interview. history, chief complaint

Med Mal - The Complaint

2007-04-05

Med Mal - The Complaint

Interviewing, Health History, Physical Exam

2006-07-01

N 623 Summer 2006, WSU, Mieca Valen Lectures

Pleadings

2005-05-09

Reveal factual contentions of the parties to help the parties prepare for trial.

Subject Matter Jurisdiction

2005-05-08

SMJ; Requirements:
Federal Question,
Diversity of citizenship

complaint Flashcards

Complaint Timeline

LEGAL PLEADING

COMPLAINT REPORTING SYSTEM

3. Chief Complaint

Basic Interview, Chief Complaint

Med Mal - The Complaint

Interviewing, Health History, Physical Exam

Pleadings

Subject Matter Jurisdiction