Blogger unmasked, court case upended

A physician blogs about his malpractice suit during the trial, using an alias, and is unmasked in court. He settles the next day.

The case is a startling illustration of how blogging, already implicated in destroying friendships and ruining job prospects, could interfere in other important arenas. Lawyers in Massachusetts and elsewhere, some of whom downloaded Flea's observations and posted them on their websites, said the case has also prompted them to warn clients that blogs can come back to haunt them. A well known Boston personal injury lawyer who followed the case, said he had never heard of a defendant blogging during a trial.

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