A North Carolina court dismissed a libel suit against an Indian television network for reporting rumors that a man pushed his pregnant wife out of a moving car. The fight grew out of a dispute over a dowry.
The husband claimed that his wife had suffered brain injuries when he rolled his car after he was cut off on the freeway. His wife’s family told the Indian press the story about their daughter getting shoved out the door.
The judge said the TV network need a respite so it could mount a defense from that distance. -db
From the Courthouse News Service, August 22, 2011, by Jeff D. Gorman.