A California appellate court on Tuesday ordered publication of a decision from last month that found tribal sovereign immunity shielded a nonprofit health care organization from a workers’ compensation claim.
Last month, the 1st District Court of Appeal said that even though there was no evidence that the tribes working with United Indian Health Services Inc. intended to share their immunity with the nonprofit, policy considerations required it.
The decision in United Indian Health Services Inc. v. WCAB (Hemsted), A170950, was originally released as an unpublished opinio...
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