Court Upholds Dismissal of Former Marine's Suit Against Murtha

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A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit brought in 2008 by a former Marine against the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha for comments the congressman made about an incident during the Iraq War.

Justin Sharratt, a former Marine Corps lance corporal from Canonsburg, sued Murtha for comparing the Nov. 18, 2005, clash in Haditha with the 1968 My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. Murtha, D-Johnstown, who died in February 2010, made several public comments about the Haditha incident while it was under investigation.

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