Lawyer can sue over false report of ties to Kickapoo casino funds

Monday, January 31, 2011  

A Texas appeals court cleared the way for an attorney to sue a newspaper for a false report that said she admitted to "skimming" casino money from the Kickapoo Tribe.

As part of a hearing into a tribal leadership dispute, Gloria Hernandez testified that she derived about "10 percent" of her income from doing business with the tribe. The Eagle Pass News-Guide published a story that wrongly claimed she took 10 percent of casino profits.

Hernandez is suing ZXZY Corp., the publisher of the paper, for libel.

Get the Story:
Newspaper in the Hot Seat for Article on Lawyer (Courthouse News Service 1/28)

Texas Appeals Court Decision:
ZXZY Corp v. Hernandez (January 26, 2011)