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: