Federal judge rules local news station not libel Virginia tax accountant
February 16, 2012 by donal brown
Filed under 1st Amendment News, Freedom of Speech / Press, News & Opinion
A Virginia accountant will not be able to sue a local news station for including him in a newscast about “unscrupulous” tax preparation firms, a federal judge ruled.
The accountant had sued for per-se libel in that the newscast allegedly described “an unfitness to perform the duties of office or employment for profit, a lack of integrity in the discharge of duties of such office, and the commission of a criminal offense,” according to court documents. -db
From the Courthouse News Service, February 15, 2012, by Rose Bouboushian.










