Judge: Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial

A voting machine company’s defamation case against Fox News over its airing of false allegations about the 2020 presidential election will go to trial after a Delaware judge allowed a jury to decide whether the conservative network aired the claims with actual malice, the standard for proving libel. Superior Court Judge Eric Davis ruled Friday that neither Fox nor Dominion Voting Systems had presented a convincing argument to prevail without the case going to a jury. But he also ruled that the statements Dominion had challenged constitute defamation “per se” under New York law. The decision paves the way for a trial to start in mid-April.