West v. Thurston County

¶1 —Arthur West sought public disclosure

of records of the defendamt law firm’s billings to Thurston County (County). West also sued the law firm for breach of its contract with the County. The trial court dismissed both claims and West now appeals. We affirm dismissal of the contract action because West was not a party to the contract and thus lacked standing. But we reverse the dismissal of the public disclosure claim. West was entitled to the nonprivileged parts of the firm’s billings, and although the County produced the records, it did so only after West sued to compel production.…