Flea, flea, as fast as you can

A popular anonymous medical blogger outed and, as a result, his malpractice trial settles, as reported in this article from the Boston Globe:  Blogger unmasked, court case upended.  (Hat tip:  New York Personal Injury Law blog)

Eric Turkewitz of the New York attorney Personal Injury Law blog was the first attorney blogger to take notice of the blog and was also the first to note the danger of maintaining a "live" blog regarding a pending trial.  And, guess what?  He was right.

My favorite part from the article on the trial:

As (the) Ivy League-educated pediatrician...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 (he) Flea?...With the jury looking on in puzzlement, (he) 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.

Bummer, dude.