NEW YORK — A Delaware Supreme Court judge has agreed to consolidate Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News, meaning there won't be a second trial to sue the network's parent company Fox Corporation.
The ruling from Judge Eric Davis is the latest development in Dominion's suit that accuses Fox News of perpetuating false claims of voter fraud made by former President Donald Trump and his representatives following his loss to President Joe Biden in Nov. 2020. Dominion is seeking $1.6 billion in damages.
In June, the court ruled against Fox News when it sought to have the suit dismissed, and accepted Dominion's plea that Fox Corp. — and its top executives and controlling shareholders Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan — had a "direct role in participating in, approving, and controlling" the airing of baseless claims of voter fraud perpetuated by Trump.
