Does JSLint have anything like JavaScript Lint\'s control comments (e.g. /*jsl:fallthru*/) to make it ignore certain passages?
It doesn't seem so. Some Googling finds several posts by others, and responses from JSLint people along the lines of "Fix your code instead of labeling it intentionally defective." Doesn't seem entirely friendly. Of course, maybe in this case you should just fix the code, but I leave that for you to answer.