General Orders of Division II

1998-2 Assignments of Error

GENERAL ORDER 98-2 IN RE THE MATTER OF ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR

      At the request of certain appellate practitioners, the judges of this Division of the Court of Appeals have determined to waive the requirement in RAP 10.3(g) that an appellant's brief must separately assign error to each challenged jury instruction, finding of fact, or conclusion of law.

      Henceforth, in Division Two, an appellant's or cross-appellant's brief may use a single assignment of error to identify more than one challenged jury instruction, finding of fact, or conclusion of law.

     This waiver is not intended, however, to relieve an appellant or cross-appellant of the duty to provide the verbatim text of any challenged jury instruction or finding of fact, as required by RAP 10.4(c).