CNN is set to ring in the New Year in a Panama City, Florida courtroom (on January 6) as they try to defend themselves from a $1 billion defamation lawsuit. But before they even got there the network got hit with a set back in the form of getting witness testimony partially axed by the judge. Judge William Scott Henry of Florida’s 14th Circuit Court ordered that CNN’s expert witness on alleged damages to U.S. Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young was “too speculative” and not qualified to claim CNN’s reporting didn’t harm Young’s income.
In an order exclusively obtained by NewsBusters, Judge Henry noted that CNN retained the services of Brian Buss “to opine regarding Young’s lost income/profits and mitigation of damages, and as a rebuttal witness to Plaintiffs’ expert.”
Judge Henry’s summary of Buss’s written testimony thus far…
