Citing Fraud, Judge Tosses Case After Video Shows 'Paralyzed' Woman Walking

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Gisela Cardonne Ely was shocked. She had just watched a videotape of medical malpractice plaintiff Wanda Davis-Johnson, who claimed in 2004 that she was permanently paralyzed, walking down the street with the use of a cane in 2005. "This is the worst case of misrepresentation, of outright fraud, that I have ever had in 22 years," the judge said during a hearing, just before dismissing the case. Lawyers on both sides are facing ethical questions about their own conduct in the case.

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