NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed he was made a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-President George W. Bush's military record.
The ruling on Tuesday by a panel of judges of the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division said Rather's $70 million complaint should be dismissed in its entirety and that a lower court erred in denying CBS's motion to throw out the lawsuit.
Rather says CBS breached his contract by not giving him enough on-air assignments after he was removed as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in March 2005.
The appeals court ruled he failed to sufficiently support his claim that he lost business opportunities due to CBS's failure to release him to seek other employment.
Rather sued CBS, parent of the CBS television network, Viacom and others in September 2007, claiming he had been made a scapegoat to "pacify the White House." CBS was part of Viacom until the companies split in 2006.
(Reporting by Edith Honan; Editing by Daniel Trotta and David Storey)
good, I never liked that pompous ass anyway.
ReplyDeleteGreat to the hear the court dismissed it.
ReplyDelete8:34 Ditto
ReplyDeleteRather is a clown.
ReplyDeleteDan Rather....what a dolt!
ReplyDeleteRather got caught in an obvious lie about former President Bush. Rather was attempting to sabbotage the election for Bush. Rather was a member of the Democrat party in Texas.
ReplyDeleteRather SHOULD have been procecuted for what he did, like many others should be procecuted for their blatant lies in the state run media.
Someone like Glen Beck should win the Nobel Peace prize for what he is uncovering about Government corruption!
I has a bumper sticker that read
ReplyDelete"Rather Bias"