LRS Electric Controls, Inc. v. Hamre Construction Inc.

*734¶1 The central question presented is whether preclaim notice requirements, generally necessary to recover on a materials claim against either a contractor’s bond (RCW 39.08.065) or a retained percentage (RCW 60.28.015), apply to second-tier subcontractors supplying both materials and labor to a public works project. We are also asked to determine whether payments received by a second-tier subcontractor are deemed to apply pro rata between the labor and the materials portions of a contract where the materials portion is barred. Upon motions for summary judgment, the superior court concluded…