Blogger unmasked, court case upended

Boston Globe ^ | May 31, 2007 | Jonathan Saltzman

[GQuagmire]

It was a Perry Mason moment updated for the Internet age. As Ivy League-educated pediatrician Robert P. Lindeman sat on the stand in Suffolk Superior Court this month, defending himself in a malpractice suit involving the death of a 12-year-old patient, the opposing counsel startled him with a question.

Was Lindeman Flea?

Flea, jurors in the case didn't know, was the screen name for a blogger who had written often and at length about a trial remarkably similar to the one that was going on in the courtroom that day

[GQuagmire]

Followup article as well; http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/blog/2007/05/fleas_fall_1.html

[GQuagmire]

Whoops

http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/blog/2007/05/fleas_fall_1.html

[Just another Joe]

Wat a maroon.

Yeh the way to get the jury to aquit you is to insult them, LOL!

[TChris]

Bwahahahahaha!

Arrogant jerk.

[darkangel82]

What an idiot. Hope they pull his license.

[Sherman Logan]

I bet his insurance company is very happy with him.

[geezerwheezer]

He just proved that some doctors are dumba$$e$ too! (and in his case, somewhat of a dork to boot!)