Opinion ID: 436314
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Amendment to Allege Outrage

Text: 12 Plaintiff challenges the district court's refusal to grant leave to amend the complaint to allege the tort of outrage. The petition for leave to amend was included in plaintiff's postjudgment motion for relief. 13 An insurer's refusal to pay policy benefits may involve conduct constituting the tort of outrage. Rounds v. Union Bankers Ins. Co., 22 Wash.App. 613, 614, 590 P.2d 1286, 1287-88 (1979). Yet MONY's conduct cannot reasonably be regarded as ... extreme and outrageous .... Id. at 617, 590 P.2d at 1288. Amendment of the complaint would, therefore, have been futile and the district court's refusal to grant leave to amend was proper.