Posted on 12/12/2005 2:30:51 PM PST by M. Thatcher
MIAMI, Dec 12, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, issued the following statement regarding Judge David F. Crow's decision today prohibiting prosecutors from asking the talk show host's doctors about his medical treatment and condition or information he shared with his doctors during his care and treatment.
Judge Crow's ruling upholds our argument that the State cannot breach doctor-patient confidentiality just because it has obtained some medical records, and thus the state cannot ask the doctors its questions posed to the court during the hearing.
Judge Crow's decision prohibits the State from questioning Mr. Limbaugh's physicians about "the medical condition of the patient and any information disclosed to the healthcare practitioner by the patient in the course of the care and treatment of the patient."
We are pleased with the court's ruling upholding the patient's statutory right of doctor-patient confidentiality. We've said from the start that 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 medical records that the State has seized and reviewed now for nearly six months show that Mr. Limbaugh received legitimate medical treatment for legitimate medical reasons. Mr. Limbaugh has not been charged with a crime and he should not be charged.
SOURCE Roy Black
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Go back to nambla web site you pervert!
I am just happy for Rush. Life is Good!
Agreed!
Thanks for your recollections........after reflection my memory of events is similar.
Rush makes fun of loses. Is that why you have a problem with him?
Losers have to stick together.
Hey, navel gazer! There would be no conservative movement without Rush.
Fantastic, for all Americans.
Is this only on the PR Newswire?
Oh wow, great news!
Very dubious sources.
"If Al Franken or any other Hollywood Celebrity did what Rush did then you would be calling for death penalty."
Rush got hooked on pain pills because he has chronic pain. It's very easy to have happen. Addiction is a disease - I don't think many freepers make fun of people for having a disease.
Woohoo! Good news ping
"I was in 'real' pain myself, but my dentist refused to prescribe any more Vicadin (I think) because he thought I was mis-using it. Told me 4 advils do the same job."
My dad has bad neuropathy. He's also an amputee, and has chronic pain in the missing leg. He takes morphine sulphate - it's the only thing that even comes close to controlling the pain... and it just comes close. He's probably addicted... but so what? The pain meds help him to lead a somewhat normal life, some days. He's a combat veteran and rock-ribbed conservative... If you PM me, I'll give you his number and you can call him and tell him he's a doper who should be in jail for 10 to 20 years.
"Rush who? You mean Rush oh yes...the one who said all drug dealers should be hung. Insert rolling eyes here...and I say "hypocrite""
When did he say this? There's transcripts for all his shows. Show the quote.
BTW, he wasn't "dealing drugs."
The fact that you would even vaguely equate O'Reilly and Limbaugh as conservatives shows that you either have no honesty or have no clue.
There's no troll like an old troll...
"I guess the tape-recorded converation between Bill O'Reilly and his victim, that I heard with my own ears was pure figment of my imagination. Of course they couldn't play the entire conversation on TV because the laws of decorum prohibit it."
O'Reilly isn't a conservative. I doubt he's a Republican, even. No, the two aren't the same.
Do you have a source?
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
And just what crime (singular or plural) would that be since, if I remember correctly, he hasn't been charged with anything. All we have here is a publicized prosecutorial witch hunt.
Have you assumed responsibility for your crimes?
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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