Legal Opinion
Doty v. Town of South Prairie
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 2005No. 75824-7PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 Bridge, J.
Jill Doty was injured while serving as a volunteer fire fighter for the town of South Prairie (Town) and filed a negligence suit against the Town seeking damages. The superior court determined that Washington’s Industrial Insurance Act (IIA), Title 51 RCW, precluded Doty’s negligence suit and dismissed her claim. The Court of Appeals, finding the IIA’s exclusive remedy provision inapplicable to volunteers, reversed. The Town petitioned this court for review, which we granted. We now affirm the Court of Appeals.
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¶2 In 1999, Jill Doty served as a volunteer fire fighter for the…
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