A Florida appeals court upheld the sovereignty of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, halting litigation against the tribe in a civil wrongful death lawsuit. The Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal tossed a lawsuit filed by Victoria Velasquez seeking damages from the Seminole Tribe in the death of her husband. Velasquez’s husband, Roselindo, was struck and killed in 2006 while walking across the street after leaving the tribe’s Immokalee casino. An employee at the casino had been driving.
