Gross v. Washington State Ferries

Does plaintiff’s 1 failure to file a verified claim with the Washington Toll Bridge Authority within thirty days after the time her alleged claim against it for damages for personal injuries accrued, as required by RCW 47.60.250 2 , foreclose her action based upon the Jones Act (46 U. S. C. § 688) and the general maritime doctrine of unseaworthiness?

Plaintiff, a waitress, was employed by Clark’s Ferry Concessions, Inc., which maintained restaurant facilities aboard defendant’s ferry, Illahee, operating across the navigable waters of Puget Sound between Seattle and Bainbridge Island. We…