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Judges signal they’ll revive Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit

Sep 21, 2018 | 12:15 PM

NEW YORK — A federal appeals panel seems poised to reinstate a defamation lawsuit Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times.

A three-judge panel found it unusual that a judge tossed the lawsuit last year after hearing testimony from a single witness.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel heard oral arguments Friday. It didn’t immediately rule.

The onetime Republican vice-presidential nominee sued the newspaper over an editorial titled “America’s Lethal Politics.”

The editorial was published in June 2017 after a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers in Virginia, wounding U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise.

The Times’ editorial was corrected twice when readers complained that it appeared to blame a political action committee belonging to Palin for “political incitement.”

The lawsuit was thrown out after the Times’ editorial page editor testified.

The Associated Press