Judges Toss Dan Rather/CBS Lawsuit
Dan Rather’s $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp. is no more.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — Dan Rather’s $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp. is no more.
But lawyers for the famed news anchor said that they would appeal the decision to New York’s highest court.
A panel of five judges — the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court — unanimously tossed the suit on grounds that the network still paid its former anchor $6 million a year after he left his job.
Rather, a 44-year veteran of the network, claimed that executives had ousted him for reporting about President George W. Bush’s military service during the Vietnam War-era.
Rather’s 2004 report came underfire when the authenticity of his documents was questioned.
This court review marked the latest loss to Rather’s claims; in September 2008, a court dismissed claims of fraud.
Rather, 77, still works now as a producer for cable channel HDNet.
