Wash. Rev. Code § 4.76.010
New trial defined
A new trial is a reexamination of an issue in the same court after a trial and decision by a jury, court or referees.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 4.76 — New Trials
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Provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 4.76.030
Increase or reduction of verdict as alternative to new trial
If the trial court shall, upon a motion for new trial, find the damages awarded by a jury to be so excessive or inadequate as unmistakably to indicate that the amount thereof must have been the result of passion or prejudice, the trial court may order a new trial or may enter an order providing for a new trial unless t…
Wash. Rev. Code § 4.76.070
Newly discovered evidence, requirements as to
If the motion be supported by affidavits and the cause be newly discovered evidence, the affidavits of any witness or witnesses, showing what their testimony will be, shall be produced or good reasons shown for their nonproduction.
Wash. Rev. Code § 4.76.080
Petition for new trial when discovery of grounds delayed
When the grounds for a new trial could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered before, but are discovered after the time when the verdict, report of referee, or decision was rendered or made, the application may be made by petition filed as in other cases, not later than after the discovery, on which notice…