ENDICOTT v. ICICLE SEAFOODS, INC.

No. 82635-8.

224 P.3d 761 (2010)

Justin ENDICOTT, an individual, Respondent, v. ICICLE SEAFOODS, INC., an Alaska Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Alan Barcott, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Holmes Weddle & Barcott, Seattle, WA, Kara Heikkila, Hall Farley Oberrecht & Blanton, PA, Boise, ID, for Appellant.

Anthony L. Rafel, Rafel Law Group, PLLC, Seattle, WA, Cory D. Itkin, Houston, TX, Philip Albert Talmadge, Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, Tukwila, WA, for Respondent.

Robert M. Kraft, Richard John Davies, Kraft Palmer Davies, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, amicus curiae.


STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 This case requires us to decide whether the defendant in a Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 30104) and general maritime suit filed in state court has a right to a jury trial and whether prejudgment interest is available in such a case. A fish cart crushed Justin Endicott's arm while he was working in the freezer on one of Icicle Seafoods' ships. Endicott sued in King County Superior Court, seeking compensation under the Jones Act and under the general...

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