Crime | Dan Rather Court Dismisses Dan Rather's Suit vs. CBS Appellate panel tosses $70M breach of contract claim By Marie Morris Posted Sep 29, 2009 6:16 PM CDT Copied 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) 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. Read These Next Doctor shares wish for pro-Trump flood victims, and is fired. "Admiral Piett" of the Star Wars universe died from COVID. Man breached airport security, died in jet engine. A big change may be coming to airport security: Keep those shoes on. Report an error