Gladys M. Maxwell v. Kenneth Olsen

This appeal arises out of an accident which occurred on June 28, 1966, near the confluence of the Kenai and Russian Rivers. Appellant Gladys Maxwell alleged that at the time in question she was a passenger for hire aboard a ferry which was maintained and operated by appellee on the Kenai River which was "among the navigable waters of the United States of America." On the basis of these allegations, appellant further asserted the right to pursue her maritime remedies in the lower court. Thus, under the "saving to suitors" clause of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the case at bar was tried as a maritime tort before a superior court jury.