Former News Reporter Loses Appeal

{Lexington, Kentucky}...Former television news reporter Jerry Sander has lost an appeal of his lawsuit against former employer Lexington CBS affiliate WKYT. Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 in favor of WKYT's parent company, affirming a previous decision by federal district judge Karl Forester that Sander voluntarily quit after a meeting in February 2008. Sander alleged he had not quit, but rather that he was terminated for other reasons, including his age. Sander was the station's highest-paid reporter, earning in the mid- to upper $80,000 range as part of an eight-year deal signed in 2005 with previous news director Jim Ogle. Sander's pay would have topped out at $96,510 in 2012.