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Court Dismisses Dan Rather's Suit vs. CBS

Appellate panel tosses $70M breach of contract claim

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(Newser) – Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS is all but over after an appellate court in New York dismissed his case today. Rather's lawyer vowed to appeal the ruling in the breach of contract suit. Rather initiated the suit following his ouster as Evening News anchor in the wake of a discredited 60 Minutes II report about George W. Bush's military service.

His "claim attempts to gloss over the fact that Rather continued to be compensated at his normal CBS salary of approximately $6 million a year until June 2006 when the compensation was accelerated upon termination, consistent with his contract," the ruling reads in part.

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather, whose $70 million lawsuit over his being fired by the network was dismissed by a state appeals court today.
Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather, whose $70 million lawsuit over his being fired by the network was dismissed by a state appeals court today.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
Martha Stewart and Dan Rather return from President Obama's inauguration on the train from Washington to New York, Jan. 20, 2009.
Martha Stewart and Dan Rather return from President Obama's inauguration on the train from Washington to New York, Jan. 20, 2009.   (AP Photo/The Martha Stewart Show)
Dan Rather leaves Walter Cronkite's funeral at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue in New York, July 23, 2009.
Dan Rather leaves Walter Cronkite's funeral at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue in New York, July 23, 2009.   (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
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Jayster999
Sep 29, 09 6:26 PM CDT
Don't cry for old Dan Blather, he has enough money to buy all the suits and silk ties he wants. Of course he probably spends most of his days in a robe and slippers nowadays. Reply
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MrsK
Sep 29, 09 6:56 PM CDT
HAHAHAHAHA! It's a good day after all. Dan Rather, seditionist. Reply
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JoeQ
Sep 29, 09 7:06 PM CDT
How the heck is he supposed to live on a paltry $6 million a year? Reply
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MrsK
Sep 29, 09 8:07 PM CDT
Smiiling ear to ear..... Reply
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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 29, 09 8:24 PM CDT
Funny how the conservative bloggers were pointing out how the transcript came from a word processor program the next morning after the story ran. And not just a few but hundreds. It was almost as if the original story was a plant designed to discredit the very valid claims that Bush had some serious holes in his service record. It's also funny that the people tripping over themselves to defend Bush being AWOL were the same people who wore purple band-aids in 2004 to ridicule an actual war hero. Reply
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