What is the status of the Rush Limbaugh case where he sued for invasion of privacy in 2004?

Question

I need to know for a law and ethics class

Answer 1

The court case is still ongoing, however it appears that all will come out in Limbaugh's favor.

Palm Beach County Assistant State Attorney James Martz admitted that when his office seized the medical records of top talk radio host Rush Limbaugh in November, it was an extreme invasion of privacy.

What is shocking is that the admission was not made to apologize for his actions, but in court to DEFEND his actions in the face of legal challenges, including briefs filed by AAPS and the ACLU supporting Rush’s right to medical privacy.

The latest in the case came on 12/13/05 in which the judge ruled that prosecutors must charge Limbaugh in order to interrogate his doctors

In what attorney Roy Black called a victory for patient-doctor confidentiality, Judge David Crow ruled that the State could not ask Rush Limbaugh’s doctors the questions it posed to the court during a hearing unless it files criminal charges of “doctor shopping.”

In a written statement, Black said: “We’ve said from the start there was no doctor shopping but Mr. Limbaugh should not have to give up his right to doctor-patient confidentiality to prove his innocence.”

The Judge also ruled, however, that medical confidentiality does not extend to the courtroom if “that information is shown to be relevant to the prosecution of a crime.”

At the hearing, prosecutor James Martz said: “I would be devastated, and I kid you not, to go forward with a case against Rush Limbaugh or anybody else in the state of Florida, to find out at trial … (when) I actually get to hear what the writer intended, that we put somebody through a criminal prosecution wrongly.”

Answer 2

To quote the title of the soon to be Senator from Minnisota's best selling book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot". Rush really is a big fat idiot. Rush has no ethics, he is a right wing clown, playing to the public's ignorance, purely for PR to the neocon opinion polls. The case, is a matter of public record, hit the right keys online and you will get what you need for your class assignment.

Answer 3

Contact the think tank "The Limbaugh Institute For Advanced Conservative studies" or check out his website,email him or call his show

Answer 4

I am assuming he dropped it since he is not talking about it day after day after day after day. Sorry, I can't help out; its nowhere in the news.