Casino Operator, Workers Ask High Court To Review Wrongful Death Suit Ruling

Mealey's (August 3, 2016, 7:39 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Louisiana appellate court ruling that three employees at an Indian casino are not shielded by the tribe’s sovereign immunity from claims that they negligently allowed a customer to get drunk, drive away and crash into another car, killing two people, should be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court because the case involves an important question of federal law that is unresolved by the high court, the casino operator says in a May 27 petition for writ of certiorari (Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Authority, et al. v. Zachary Zaunbrecher, et al., No. 15-1486, U.S. Sup.; 2016 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2374)....