“Amend a complaint to add a cause of action for a constructional defect” defined.

“Amend a complaint to add a cause of action for a constructional defect” means any act by which a claimant seeks to: 1. Add to the pleadings a defective component that is not otherwise included in the pleadings and for which a notice was not previously given; or 2. Amend the pleadings in such a manner that the practical effect is the addition of a constructional defect that is not otherwise included in the pleadings. Ê The term does not include amending a complaint to plead a different cause for a constructional defect which is included in the same action. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2034)