Redding Rancheria v. Superior Court

Opinion

MORRISON, J.

Here we hold an Indian tribe and its commercial entity are immune from an ordinary tort suit arising outside of Indian country.

Suzanne Hansard (plaintiff) sued Win River Casino and several Does in Shasta County Superior Court. She alleged she was working as a bartender at a Redding hotel, attending to a party “for defendant Win River and its employees, who had booked one of the facility’s banquet rooms[.]” “[O]ne or more” of the employees threw gifts into the crowd, and a package struck her, causing injury. She framed the complaint in terms of negligence, assault and…