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By Sean Murphy
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)
A lawsuit against an Oklahoma Indian tribe that claims a woman’s injuries were caused when an intoxicated casino patron crashed into her may proceed in state district court, according to a Supreme Court decision filed early Febuary.
The lawsuit stems from an April 2004 car accident along State Highway 9 in Pottawatomie County in which Little Axe schoolteacher Shatona Bittle was seriously injured. Bittle’s attorneys argued the driver who caused the crash, Valentine Bahe, had been drinking at the nearby Thunderbird Casino owned by the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. Bahe died in the crash.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)
A lawsuit against an Oklahoma Indian tribe that claims a woman’s injuries were caused when an intoxicated casino patron crashed into her may proceed in state district court, according to a Supreme Court decision filed early Febuary.
The lawsuit stems from an April 2004 car accident along State Highway 9 in Pottawatomie County in which Little Axe schoolteacher Shatona Bittle was seriously injured. Bittle’s attorneys argued the driver who caused the crash, Valentine Bahe, had been drinking at the nearby Thunderbird Casino owned by the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. Bahe died in the crash.
