Hunter v. North Mason School Dist.

*811Utter, J.

This case presents this court once again with the question of the scope and constitutionality of statutes requiring persons suing the government to give it notice of their claims within a short period after they arise. Respondent Hunter’s suit against the petitioner high school and school district for injuries he sustained in a physical education class was dismisssed on the grounds that he had failed to give the defendants formal notice of his claim within 120 days, as required by RCW 4.96.020.1 The dismissal was reversed by the Court of Appeals, which held that the respondent’s…