Doctors Drop Slander Suit Against Disgruntled Patient's Web Site

In a case testing First Amendment rights on the Internet, a dentist and an oral surgeon in Florida have withdrawn a lawsuit trying to shut down a patient's scathing Web site critical of their care. The suit became part of a widening war between doctors and patients that increasingly is being fought online. The disgruntled used to make do with picketing medical offices -- but with the falling cost and wide reach of Internet postings, some unhappy patients are moving to the Web.

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