Judge dismisses parts of Dan Rather's lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) - April 10, 2008 Judicial Hearing Officer Ira Gammerman on Thursday struck down
the parts of the suit that name Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone,
CBS President Leslie Moonves and former CBS News President Andrew
Heyward.
Rather's last months at CBS were clouded by a disputed story on
President Bush's Vietnam-era military service. He says his
employers made him a "scapegoat" to placate the White House after
questions arose about the story.
A lawyer for all of the defendants, James Quinn, says: "We are
very pleased with this. The rest is what we consider a garden
variety contract dispute."
Viacom Inc. is CBS's former parent company.
