Matia Contractors, Inc. v. City of Bellingham

Dwyer, A.C.J.

¶1 In Wilson v. City of Seattle, 122 Wn.2d 814, 863 P.2d 1336 (1993), the Supreme Court decided that the claim-filing requirements of chapter 4.96 RCW apply only to tort claims. In Harberd v. City of Kettle Falls, 120 Wn. App. 498, 84 P.3d 1241 (2004), Division Three of this court — without distinguishing or even mentioning Wilson — decided that the claim-filing requirements of chapter 4.96 RCW apply to all claims for money damages, not just to claims sounding in tort. In this case, the trial court dismissed Matia Contractors, Inc.’s breach of contract action against the city of…