Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Co. v. Kayenta District Court
Navajo Nation Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 2008No. SC-CV-33-07PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
This case concerns a jurisdictional challenge by Ford Motor Company. The Court holds that the Navajo Nation courts have authority to hear a claim against a motor vehicle manufacturer alleging that a vehicle defect resulted in the death of a Navajo police officer on a road located on trust land within the Navajo Reservation.
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The relevant facts are as follows. A Navajo Nation police officer, Esther Tode-cheene, died from injuries when she was ejected as her police vehicle overturned on a dirt road located on trust land within the Utah portion of the Navajo Reservation. The vehicle was…
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