TV & VIDEO - Aug. 5, 1987

Seven female former staff members of the CBS News show “Nightwatch” settled their $14-million suit against the network, which the women charged had allowed an atmosphere “offensive and hostile” to women, a CBS official said Tuesday. The suit, filed in District of Columbia Superior Court last September, charged the network with violating the district’s Human Rights Act, sexual harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Each woman had asked for $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. Terms of the settlement were not announced.