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April 23rd,
2009 - Feds: Murtha Immune from Pa. Haditha Slander Suit |
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Feds: Murtha Immune from Pa.
Haditha Slander Suit From the Associated Press April 23, 2009 Johnstown, Pa. - A Justice
Department attorney says U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., should be immune from
a defamation lawsuit filed by a former Marine from western Pennsylvania. Murtha's attorney says the
lawsuit filed in September by Justin Sharratt, of Canonsburg, should be
dismissed for the same reasons that a federal appeals court struck down a
similar suit by another Marine last week. The appeals court ruled that Murtha
couldn't be sued because he was acting within the scope of his employment
when he accused Marines of killing innocent civilians "in cold
blood" in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005. Sharratt has been cleared of
wrongdoing. He says Murtha's comments on TV news shows go beyond his duties
as a congressman. Copyright © 2009 The
Associated Press. External link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giqbOmHnpnLEC3Kq9jXDdu2rcyvQD97O63SO1 |