Legal Opinion
Tibbetts v. Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 26, 1986No. CO-85-1863PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelley, Justice
Respondent Michael C. Tibbetts, a member of the Leech Lake Band of the Chippewa Indian Tribe, commenced this action against his employer, the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee (the governing body for the Leech Lake Band) and the custodian of the Special Compensation Fund to recover Minnesota workers’ compensation benefits for injuries allegedly sustained during the course of his employment by the Band. Although recognizing that the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee (hereinafter RBC) enjoyed sovereign immunity, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals held the immunity had…
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