I am saddened everytime I read about this case. First, I enjoyed reading Flea’s blog, very much, and feel very betrayed, sad, etc. because he was sued for malpractice. The malpractice? The patient he had seen DIED OF UNDIAGNOSED TYPE 1 DIABETES. I’m not sure how long ago that the child was actually not diagnosed, but surely a simple blood glucose test? Okay, and I’m still mad that my mom was being treated for an infection that would not go away and they didn’t do a simple blood glucose test the entire year she was being treated. He was not the primary doctor on the case, but still…
New York Personal Injury Law Blog: My Interview with Robert (Dr. "Flea") Lindeman
In May 2007 Robert Lindeman, a pediatrician from the Boston area, found himself uncomfortably in the public eye when the Boston Globe exposed his pseudonymous life as a blogger in a sensational front page story.