Supreme Court Rules Against Tribal Casino Limo Driver In Couple’s Negligence Suit

Mealey's (April 25, 2017, 11:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Indian tribe’s sovereign immunity does not protect a tribal casino limousine driver from an individual capacity lawsuit filed by a couple injured in a crash with the limo because the driver is the actual party in interest, not the tribe, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held April 25 (Brian Lewis and Michelle Lewis v. William Clarke, No. 15-1500, U.S. Sup.)....