A U.S. District Court Judge in Grand Rapids, Mich., has said no to a legal request from the nation’s No. 1 owner of broadcast television stations to dismiss a complaint filed by a former WOOD-8 News Director and his assistant — a move that keeps their defamation suit alive.
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