Rather's $70 Mil Lawsuit Denied

  • January 13, 2010
New York's Court of Appeals denied Dan Rather's bid to reinstate his $70 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS Corp., reports AP. Rather sued CBS and its top executives in 2007, claiming he had been wrongfully removed from his CBS news anchor post over a 2004 report that examined President George W. Bush's military service. In September, an Appellate Division ruled there was no breach of contract because Rather earned his $6 million annual salary after the disputed broadcast.

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