Washington Court Refuses to Hear Alaskan Injury Suit, Cites Comity

A Washington appellate court refused to consider a personal injury suit that a seaman filed against his employer, the state of Alaska.Jesse Glover, the claimant, first filed a personal injury suit against the state in Alaska, after he was injured while working on a ferry in Alaskan waters. Alaskan law limits an injured seaman's sole legal remedy to the workers' compensation system, and cites the Jones Act. Ten days before an Alaskan court granted summary judgment against Glover, he filed a similar lawsuit in the state of Washington's Whatcom Superior Court, styled as Glover v. Stat...