Begay v. Navajo Engineering & Construction Authority

OPINION

Gwendolene Begay (Appellant) appeals the Window Rock District Court’s dismissal of her tort action against the Navajo Nation (Nation) and its enterprise Navajo Engineering & Construction Authority (NECA) (collectively Appellees) pursuant to Nav. R. Civ. P. Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We affirm the dismissal on other grounds.

I. Background

This tort action arises from an accident on May 24, 2005 wherein Appellant was allegedly injured in a collision between her vehicle and a company vehicle driven by Thomas J. Tyler, Sr. (Tyler), an…