I think it’s safe to add “Don’t blog about your trial while it’s going on,” to this list.
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With all due respect, Kevin, we don’t know that Flea would have won his case if only his blog hadn’t been outed.
He apparently never told his attorneys that he’d blogged about the case. That, by definition, makes him a client who’s not fully cooperating in his own defense.
I’m sure there was a lot more happening behind the scenes than any of us are aware of. I wouldn’t be surprised if the malpractice insurer ordered him to settle rather than risk being blown out of the water when entries from Flea’s blog were read aloud in the courtroom.
No insurer, no legal team, wants to be undermined by their client. I just hope the insurer agrees to pay the claim and not leave Flea personally on the hook for the full amount.
In such a high stakes game as medicine, as soon as I leave the military, I will be consulting an asset protection attorney and will buy the biggest house I can afford in FL. The bottom line is today you have to protect your assets. It is sad that as doctors today we have to live like O.J. Simpson…
Asset protection strategies make sense for anyone with a decent net worth. Accidents happen.
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