Greedy Trial Lawyer
Your Honor, Is Juror Number 3 Blogging?
Category: Right On!
I feel it is necessary for me to announce that I am not a defendant in any legal malpractice case. And, I have not accused any jurors of sleeping during any trial. (But, I did have a Federal District Court Judge doze off once during my case in chief - he was not pleased when I awakened him.)
Why am I providing this information? Well, it happens that at least one medical doctor/blogger has been commenting on his experiences during his medical malpractice trial. Talk about getting the inside view of the litigation process!
The story is from Real Lawyers Have Blogs. Obviously, Real Malpractice Defendants Have Blogs, too.
Blogging malpractice defendant exposed : Case settled
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.
In his blog, Flea had ridiculed the plaintiff's case and the plaintiff's lawyer. He had revealed the defense strategy. He had accused members of the jury of dozing.
Lindeman admitted that he was, in fact, Flea.
The next morning, on May 15, he agreed to pay what members of Boston's tight-knit legal community describe as a substantial settlement -- case closed.
Will we soon have blogging judges, jurors, criminal defendants and district attorneys?
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