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.