By Amber Goodhand - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Nicollette Sheridan suffered a major blow in her wrongful dismissal lawsuit on Tuesday when the Judge threw out the actress’ battery claim against Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Sheridan, 48, filed a lawsuit against Cherry and ABC, claiming she was fired from the show after telling executives that Cherry had hit her -- a charge he has always vehemently denied.

The esteemed writer/producer took the stand last Thursday and gave his side of the story, claiming he was giving Sheridan instructions for a scene and, "I reached out and tapped her on the side of the head," and that Sheridan went ballistic, and accused him of hitting her.

Cherry said he went to Nicollette's trailer a short time after to apologize and that they ended up hugging it out. “We ended up with me going in and hugging. Once the hug was over, I turned around and … complimented her on the decor of her trailer. I hadn’t been there in quite a while. Then I left," Cherry said.

The Judge agreed with Cherry’s version of events, finding that Sheridan’s claim did not meet the standard of proof for battery and therefore letting Cherry off the hook.

Earlier on Tuesday, a Desperate Housewives employee, who claimed to have mistakenly received an email from show execs proving their intention to fire Sheridan from the hit show took the stand.

Michael Reinhart is a construction coordinator on the ABC show who relayed bits and pieces of the email to the jury in a Los Angeles c