John v. Furry v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

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• holding that the tribe was entitled to sovereign immunity on a wrongful death claim where the tribe knowingly served excessive amounts of alcohol to the plaintiffs daughter
• finding tribal immunity where tribal employees knowingly overserved alcohol to casino patron and watched her get into her car intoxicated, resulting in the patron’s death in an automobile accident
• Tribe immune from a suit arising out of a fatal off-reservation car crash that alleged negligence and violation of state dram shop laws
• Tribe immune from a suit arising out of a fatal off-reservation car crash that alleged negligence and violation of state dram shop laws
• Tribe immune from a suit arising out of a fatal off-reservation car crash that alleged negligence and violation of state dram shop laws
• no waiver of sovereign immunity from private tort actions where tribe applied for State liquor license

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