June 12, 2023
An Eighth Circuit panel declined to revive a wrongful death and injury lawsuit resulting from a washed-out road on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's reservation, saying a lower court was correct to dismiss the case against the Bureau of Indian Affairs for lack of jurisdiction based on a federal tort liability.
August 30, 2022
The Bureau of Indian Affairs urged the Eighth Circuit to uphold the dismissal of wrongful death and injury claims resulting from a washed-out road on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's reservation, saying an exception to federal tort liability shielded the tribe's decision not to post warning signs.