Regardless, of who said what to who...it is nothing but heresay and shouldn't have been admissable in court to begin with. Gee, what great world we live in now, that we have to watch our commentary on tv shows from 10 years ago, b/c people will testify from hearsay and you're liikely to be starved to death. nevermind the fact that even if you may have said something contradictory to what you originally said 5 years afer the event...but that doesn't count...right?
Without a living will, all they had was hearsay. Terri couldn't talk and hadn't written anything down. How else was the judge supposed to know her wishes? It seems to me, by reading the Wikipedia pages, that this affair must have been tried in the civil law system where hearsay is acceptable. I've heard other people talking about hearsay, saying it shouldn't have been used, but it seems obvious to me that it was reasonable to use it. I wish one or more of our lawyer friends in this thread would clear up the matter. Any takers?
What really gets to me about this whole case is that I would have done exactly the same things as Michael Schiavo did. After the accident, I would make sure my wife got the best care and therapy that money could buy. I would stay with her as much as I could, and do anything I could do to make her life better. And when the time finally came that I knew deep in my heart that there was nothing more I could do, and no way she would ever get better no matter what, I would do her the last kindness I could do, and honor her stated wishes. Since we have living wills, that won't be a problem, but in case they get lost in a house fire or something, enough family members are familiar with her wishes that there won't be a problem. But if a problem came up, and I had to go to court, I would be just as aggressive in carrying out her final wishes as Michael was. I would probably also shut down the therapy sessions too, since they would serve no purpose. I probably wouldn't shack up with another woman while she was still alive, because I would consider that immoral, but I can't fault him for it. I'm sure he got lonely after a few years. And I would never say "When will the b!tch die" or whatever he was supposed to have said (although I consider that more of a rumor than an actual fact).
So why do some people dislike Michael Schiavo?