5th Circuit Won’t Reinstate Claims Against Casinos For Gambler’s Suicide

Mealey's (January 28, 2019, 8:10 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Texas federal court properly dismissed a wrongful death suit brought by the widow of a high-stakes gambler who committed suicide over his mounting debts, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed Jan. 16, holding that she was unable to establish personal jurisdiction over the Las Vegas casino defendants (Sheri W. Head, et al. v. Las Vegas Sands LLC, et al., No. 18-40421, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 1411)....