North Coast Enterprises, Inc. v. Factoria Partnership

— Washington courts have not applied the discovery rule to claims arising out of latent defects in work performed under a construction contract. The equities of this case do not compel us to apply the discovery rule here. Accordingly, the trial court did not err in concluding that Factoría Partnership’s claims accrued when the contract was breached and that the six-year statute of limitation contained in RCW 4.16.040(1) bars the claims for latent defects. The record does not support Factoría Partnership’s contention that its pleadings contain an additional cause of action for breach of a…