Dominic Miller v. St. Regis Paper Co.

This appeal results from a grant of a petition for rehearing filed by Mrs. Ruth Miller, the plaintiff (appellant), an employee of the defendant (respondent). This court’s departmental opinion, rendered upon the original appeal, appears in 159 Wash. Dec. 89, 366 P. (2d) 214 (1961). By that opinion, we dismissed the plaintiff’s claim for personal injuries on the ground that the trial court was without jurisdiction because the matter came within the coverage of the workmen’s compensation statute. The lack of jurisdiction was raised by this court on its own motion.

We have carefully considered the…