Navajo Nation Tribal Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Storage Tank Liability Insurer

(August 13, 2020, 9:34 AM EDT) -- PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A Navajo Nation tribal court lacks jurisdiction over the insurer of a gas station because the release of more than 15,000 gallons of gasoline onto Navajo Nation Reservation land occurred after the policy at issue expired, an Arizona federal judge said Aug. 7 in granting the insurer's motion for summary judgment (Zurich American Insurance Co. v. Doreen McPaul, et al., No. 19-8227, D. Ariz., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141405)....