Jury reaches verdict after judge tosses Sarah Palin's libel suit against New York Times

Palin claimed an erroneous editorial defamed her.

A federal jury in New York on Tuesday has rejected former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's libel suit against the New York Times a day after a judge said he will dismiss the case no matter what verdict was reached.

The jury informed Judge Jed Rakoff that after a little over two days of deliberations it found The New York Times was not liable for defaming Palin.

The jury's decision follows Rakoff's announcement on Monday to attorneys in the case that he will set aside the verdict and dismiss the lawsuit because Palin had not met the high standard of showing The Times had acted with "actual malice" when it published an editorial that erroneously linked Palin's political action committee to a mass shooting.

In explaining his decision, Rakoff said he believed it is inevitable that the case will be appealed and that such an action would benefit from knowing how the jury's deliberations turned out.