· 12/21/1961
Gross v. Washington State Ferries
Citations
- 367 P.2d 600
- 59 Wash. 2d 241
- 1961 Wash. LEXIS 497
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- State may not claim sovereign immunity in State court against Fair Labor Standards Act claim where suit barred by Eleventh Amendment in Federal court
- notice provision, as well as all other limits contained in State law waiving immunity, applies to general admiralty and Jones Act claims
- Jones Act claim against state actor barred by plaintiffs failure to give notice of claim within 30 days as required by state Tort Claims Act: “The doctrine of a state’s sovereign immunity from suit without its consent applies in actions in admiralty.”
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Judges: Weaver
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