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Court found records discrepancies by Finkelstein in '04

Dr. Harvey Finkelstein settled a malpractice case in 2004 after acknowledging that the plaintiff's original medical records -- where he'd noted that the patient was HIV-positive -- did not match a set he brought to court.

Immediately after his testimony, Finkelstein settled with Peter Cicero, a Bayville man who since has died of hepatitis C, for $975,000, according to Cicero's lawyer and...

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