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KIZIS v. MORSE DIESEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(SC 16499)

260 Conn. 46 (2002)

LOUISE E. KIZIS v. MORSE DIESEL INTERNATIONAL, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released April 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale T. White, with whom were Andrew Houlding and, on the brief, Lewis B. Rome, Joseph B. Burns, and Jonathan J. Blake, for the appellants (defendant Christopher Ida et al.).

Peter D. Clark, with whom was Michael C. Deakin, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Matthew Shafner and Caitlin L. Hills, law student intern, filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Patrice H. Kunesh, Elizabeth Conway and Mark R. Kravitz filed a brief for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe as amicus curiae.

John C. Cruden, acting assistant United States attorney general, pro hac vice, Deborah R. Slater, assistant United States attorney, and John L. Smeltzer, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the United States of America as amicus curiae.

Sullivan, C. J., and Borden, Katz, Palmer and Vertefeuille, Js.

Opinion

SULLIVAN, C. J.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court has subject matter jurisdiction over an action brought to recover for a personal injury that allegedly occurred on land belonging to the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (tribe) when the action was brought by a patron who is not Indian against employees of the tribe and the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (authority)1 who are not...

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