Troxell v. Rainier Public School District No. 307

¶1 RCW 4.96.020(4) forbids the commencement of a tort action against a local government defendant “until sixty days have elapsed after” the plaintiff files a claim notice with the local government entity. We must *348determine whether a plaintiff strictly complies with the statutorily prescribed “sixty-day period” if only 59 full calendar days intervene between the day the notice is filed and the day the legal action is commenced. Consistent with the general rule applicable to the computation of waiting periods, we hold that, by its plain language, RCW 4.96.020(4) requires that 60 calendar days…